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Re:I Love Arch, but GNU Guix Is My New Distro by rightbyte on Saturday November 20, 2021 @07:28AM (#29287496)
> a few years later, open drivers for that GPU were developed

So ... FSF made the right call? What is the point of the certification of a device if there are no drivers for it.

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Re:I Love Arch, but GNU Guix Is My New Distro by detuur on Saturday November 20, 2021 @08:11AM (#29287774)
The wrong call, because you can only reasonably develop drivers for uncrippled GPUs. The FSF was so caught up in maintaining a freedom from being _tempted_ to use proprietary software, that their solution would've taken away the freedom to develop your own free software.
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Re:I Love Arch, but GNU Guix Is My New Distro by rightbyte on Saturday November 20, 2021 @09:23AM (#29288307)
I read the certification is some sort of consumer protection/advice. As a consumer, you would want to know the state of the device at purchase when you pay for the GPU. Not some maybe driver coming up in years.

It would be a kinda good idea to have a "rms would almost use this" sticker they could hand out, though.

Looking at: https://ryf.fsf.org/categories/laptops

There is a sorry collection of refurbished laptops.

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