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Purism | |
2017.12.11 | |
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Last week I purchased a Purism 13 and a X200 flashed with Libreboo | |
I've been using a MacBook Pro for some time now and it has been a | |
real struggle for me: on one side, I really enjoy how "everything | |
just works" and how well graphics look (font rendering, colors, hi | |
displays); on the other hand, OSX and the machine firmware are not | |
free or open source software. | |
I disagree with free software activists a lot of the time, special | |
with the extreme focus given exclusively to software but not so mu | |
on privacy, data protection and decentralization of services (unle | |
using these as selling points) - but let's leave that for another | |
entry. But one thing the free software and open software movements | |
get right is the right one should have to read and modify the | |
software running on one's machine. | |
And not having the right to do this with the MacBook Pro is really | |
bothering me. To the point I was considering moving to another | |
machine. The recent Intel ME security issues were the straws that | |
broke the camel's back, so I decided to buy a different machine, | |
running Libreboot or Coreboot instead of proprietary firmware, and | |
move to OpenBSD or Linux. | |
I've always been a fan of Lenovo machines, but the recent Lenovo | |
security issues and compatibility with Libre/Coreboot were blocker | |
So I decided to buy a Lenovo X200 with Libreboot (I had one of the | |
machines in the past, but donated it) and a Purism 13. My plan is | |
test both machines and try to satisfy this internal struggle I hav | |
with running non-free software and firmware. |