Hi,
I asked the Open-PC Team whether their Computer is entirely free and got the following reply I wanted to share with you, because there are some people who spread the rumor that the Open-PC is entirely free.
Regards, Matthias-Christian
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Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:40:16 -0800 From: Frank Karlitschek frank@openDesktop.org To: ott@mirix.org Subject: Free BIOS and no Binary Blobs on Open-PC X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1077)
Hi,
we use completely free software and drivers. But for the hardware we rely on components from company like Asus. I don´t know if the BIOS trey us is open?
Cheers Frank
--------- Hello,
I'm interested in your Open-PC and also want recommend it to friends. However, I would like to know if the Open-PC is based entirely on Free Software, i.e. does it require any proprietary software (e.g. Firmware or Kernel modules) or does it have a proprietary BIOS. I would really like to have a free Computer which uses coreboot or similar software and uses entirely free drivers.
Kind Regards, Mat
-- Frank Karlitschek frank@openDesktop.org
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