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Re:PureOS is convergent by meruru on Thursday March 07, 2019 @09:59AM (#19328505)
It solves bug #1

This bug is widely evident in the PC industry.

Steps to repeat:

    1. Visit a local PC store.
    2. Attempt to buy a machine without any proprietary software.
What happens:

Almost always, a majority of PCs for sale have Microsoft Windows pre-installed. In the rare cases that they come with a GNU/Linux operating system or no operating system at all, the drivers and BIOS may be proprietary.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1

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Re:PureOS is convergent by masklinn on Thursday March 07, 2019 @10:06AM (#19328556)
> It solves bug #1

It doesn't do so anymore than ubuntu already does.

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Re:PureOS is convergent by meruru on Thursday March 07, 2019 @10:20AM (#19328684)
It does so more directly by being a PC without Microsoft Windows pre-installed or proprietary BIOS.

Almost always, a majority of PCs for sale have Microsoft Windows pre-installed. In the rare cases that they come with a GNU/Linux operating system or no operating system at all, the drivers and BIOS may be proprietary.

Ubuntu helped enable Purism to exist and they are great for that too.

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Re:PureOS is convergent by masklinn on Thursday March 07, 2019 @12:02PM (#19329701)
> It does so more directly by being a PC without Microsoft Windows pre-installed or proprietary BIOS.

Ah, so it does so by redefining the inconvenient bits completely out of bug #1.

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Re:PureOS is convergent by JohnFen on Thursday March 07, 2019 @02:44PM (#19331491)
> people should support Purism because they value FOSS principles

That is a huge point in their favor, but it alone is insufficient. People should support Purism because they find the project desirable in addition to agreeing with their FOSS principles.

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