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Free as in free beer (freebeer@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Dec-2025 13:17:56 JST 
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@Suiseiseki Another thing on my mind is the GPU. You seem to recommend GTX 780Ti, but isn't Titan Z just as decent freedom-wise? -
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Free as in free beer (freebeer@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Dec-2025 13:00:20 JST
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@Suiseiseki I'm considering getting a KGPE-D16, but I remembered you said something regarding occasional boot failures, and a certain noctua fan mod. Do you happen to know what I'm talking about? -
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Free as in free beer (freebeer@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Dec-2025 12:51:38 JST
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@arh *bites GNU/plush* -
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Free as in free beer (freebeer@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Dec-2025 10:18:39 JST
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@lxo You seem like a great family man! Mutual understanding comes above all, and you made the right call here! -
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Free as in free beer (freebeer@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Saturday, 20-Dec-2025 01:12:24 JST
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@Pi_rat their loss really -
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Free as in free beer (freebeer@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Saturday, 20-Dec-2025 00:20:47 JST
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@SuperDicq GNU Linux-libre, the kernel, on Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre just works without any issues yet it's fairly minimal. Software could be perfected but most users don't call out the devs for it and accept the situation as is. -
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Free as in free beer (freebeer@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Friday, 30-May-2025 20:37:49 JST
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@Suiseiseki Glasses are proprietary -
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Free as in free beer (freebeer@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Sunday, 25-May-2025 23:37:32 JST
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@sally
><leah>: i'm going full gnutard for the next month, and i'll be beating this dead horse until all the fsf community has finally upgraded from their crap x200/t400 thinkpads
So delusional, the IRC logs do not disappoint. -
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Free as in free beer (freebeer@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Sunday, 25-May-2025 23:34:11 JST
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Leah Rowe has once again proven to be a proprietary plant, this time by pushing yet another "freedom-friendly" project that sneakily depends on proprietary garbage to even boot. Bravo — truly a masterclass in misleading the unsuspecting public into thinking they're buying liberation, when in fact they're just getting shackled with blobs.
After releasing their awful coreboot spin and slapping a misleading label on it to trick people into believing it’s somehow better than the now tragically blob-infested "Libreboot," Rowe has doubled down — now adding support for Sandy, Ivy Bridge, and Haswell platforms. You know, the ones that require proprietary firmware to function and absolutely cannot get FSF’s Respects Your Freedom certification — but hey, who needs honesty when you can just say "freedom" a bunch of times and hope no one reads the fine print?
Of course, no clear warnings for newcomers, no disclaimers, just a cheerful "look, it boots!" as if that’s the only freedom that matters. So now people will waste money on machines that cannot respect their freedom by design.
Fortunately, we still have GNU Boot — the real deal, no blobs, no corporate compromise, no weaselly support for platforms that spit in the face of user freedom. Just pure, uncompromising Free Software, the way Saint IGNUcius intended.
Ref: https://trisquel.info/en/forum/fsdg-compliant-sandyivybridgehaswell-support-added-canoeboot -
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Free as in free beer (freebeer@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 22-May-2025 00:07:08 JST
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@Suiseiseki @verita84 I'm curious in learning about the process of removing Rust-dependent code from GNU Linux-libre, but so far, I've only come across a limited set of patches and not much else. -
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Free as in free beer (freebeer@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 21-May-2025 14:58:56 JST
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Free as in free beer (freebeer@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Sunday, 18-May-2025 21:28:05 JST
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@freetar @sally @Suiseiseki @SuperDicq @dushman I would be more bothered with the proprietary winblows key, as that thing is harder to remove. -
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Free as in free beer (freebeer@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Friday, 16-May-2025 20:15:42 JST
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@earthling People often speak of “Linux distributions,” but this is a misnomer. What they are referring to are actually GNU operating systems that use Linux, the kernel — properly called GNU/Linux systems. Linux is just a kernel, and the larger system owes its functionality and freedom to the GNU Project, which was started to create a complete free software operating system.
However, Linux, the kernel as it is commonly distributed today contains numerous nonfree components (proprietary blobs) which deny users their freedom. In this state, Linux is not a free program; it is no better, from an ethical standpoint, than Windows or macOS. To suggest that systems based on such a kernel are “more free” is misleading, as they all impose similar unjust restrictions on the users.
Fortunately, we have a fully free version of the kernel: Linux-libre. This version removes all the nonfree blobs, transforming Linux into a kernel that respects your freedom. There are complete GNU/Linux-libre systems, such as Parabola GNU/Linux-libre, which can be installed easily by new users and offer them a fully free computing environment. However, be careful: some versions of these systems include systemd, which in itself is proprietary software, so avoid these for true freedom. -
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Free as in free beer (freebeer@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 15-May-2025 09:59:46 JST
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@pettanko @mischievoustomato did someone summon me -
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Free as in free beer (freebeer@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 14-May-2025 21:56:08 JST
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@sally I support the people of Palestine in part because they have taken a meaningful step toward the advancement of software freedom by establishing a local branch of the Free Software Foundation.
In contrast, the proprietary state of Israel, governed by a regime that continues to support and promote proprietary software systems, has not fostered or embraced the principles of software freedom in a comparable manner.
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