[PLUG] FSF "Respects Your Freedom" hardware endorsements.

Carlos Konstanski ckonstanski at pippiandcarlos.com
Fri Dec 11 00:50:19 UTC 2009


On Thu, 10 Dec 2009, Scott Garman wrote:

> Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:33:58 -0800
> From: Scott Garman <sgarman at zenlinux.com>
> Reply-To: "General Linux/UNIX discussion and help;	civil and on-topic"
>     <plug at lists.pdxlinux.org>
> To: PLUG list <plug at lists.pdxlinux.org>
> Subject: [PLUG] FSF "Respects Your Freedom" hardware endorsements.
> 
> I just received news from the Free Software Foundation that they are
> starting a hardware endorsement program to label devices that are fully
> compatible with free software. Vendors who choose to participate in the
> program will end up with a stamp on the packaging with the "Respects
> Your Freedom" slogan.
>
> The first product to get this endorsement is reportedly a netbook - I'm
> not sure of the manufacturer.
>
> This is great news for those of us who would prefer to buy Linux
> compatible hardware without spending hours on forum and wiki research to
> be "pretty sure" that new laptop model X will work well with Linux.
>
> Scott
>
> -- 
> Scott Garman
> sgarman at zenlinux dot com

This is also great because the stamp will eventually become hip, like
Organic. That can only help the cause.

Carlos



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