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100% Free Software Compatible PC Launches

Posted by kdawson on from the of-by-and-for dept.

crimperman writes "The Open-PC project has announced that its first PC will be available at the end of February for €359. They claim the mini-ITX desktop machine is energy efficient, consumer ready, easy to upgrade, and — significantly — uses only hardware that has free software drivers available. As you'd expect, it comes with GNU/Linux which is running KDE (a €10 donation to the KDE project in included in the price). Interestingly all the key decisions on design, pricing etc. have been made by the community via online polls. The spec of the machine is pretty reasonable for the price: Atom 1.6GHz dual-core processor, 3GB RAM, 160GB HDD, Intel 950 graphics."

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  1. Re:Failed slashvertisment by javilon · · Score: 1, Troll

    Yes, but it wont be certified to run Linux. If you are happy with that, more power to you, but I expect my hardware to work with Linux and to be able to read all code that run on my machine. This product makes it very easy.

    By the way, prize is 359 Euro. I haven't seen any computer with 3G ram for 175 Euro, much less with Windows. Could you give me a pointer to the products you have in mind?

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  2. You Idiots Don't Get It by mpapet · · Score: 1, Troll

    1. Most of you conveniently forget that this project is *very* low volume. The price has to be higher.

    2. Most of you also conveniently forget the importance of totally GPL-friendly hardware when it comes time to open your wallet.

    A friendly reminder that the Trusted Computing Group can lock the user out of their hardware. Now. This is not vaporware. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_Computing_Group

    Freedom has a price, and it's costs more than a similarly spec'd Dell/Walmart special.

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    1. Re:You Idiots Don't Get It by DogDude · · Score: 0, Troll

      "A friendly reminder that the Trusted Computing Group can lock the user out of their hardware."

      Much more likely scenario: The sun gives you cancer. You'd better stay inside.

      Oh, and FYI: freedom isn't something you buy with a credit card.

      Schmuck.

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  3. One thing doesn't add up by Trogre · · Score: 0, Troll

    Atom?

    KDE4?

    Atom?

    KDE4? ...

    how?

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