Archived Microsoft's Patent Extortion Against Linux Now Targets Watches With Linux on Them (techrights.org)
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Archived Microsoft's Patent Extortion Against Linux Now Targets Watches With Linux on Them (techrights.org)
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[–] 8670603? 2 points 2 points 4 points (+4|-2) ago (edited ago)
Yesterday I was thinking about a national brand of computer hardware, specialized but not limited to laptops
100% linux compliant, state owned and independant in its decision process, decisions driven by the national linux community, components built and assembled in the country
Not to necessarily produce state oft he art machines, but good machines, like, just fine, in the 200/500 bucks range
Like an x205ta but without proprietary driver issues for instance
[–] Kleyno 1 point 12 points 13 points (+13|-1) ago
State owned and independent... now there is an oxymoron.
[–] 8670674? 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
yeah I know
Even institutions supposed to be independent have been proven to be not that independent
[–] Broc_Lia 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago (edited ago)
Why on earth would you want that? No way a national quango would make computers that cheap without needing massive subsidies.
[–] 8671041? ago
They can't make computer cheap to begin with without relying on foreign factories, for obvious reasons
[–] [deleted] 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
[–] 8671913? ago (edited ago)
nice
Didn't know it existed
Still, components are mostly made in china, but granted, it's better than nothing at all for people that don't want to "hand everything to china"
...
That said, my initial train of thoughts wasn't strictly limited to the US, it's rather in a broader nationalistic oriented perspective
I like this one
http://www.thecrowned.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Lemur_feature4.png
[–] SkinnyMagna 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
You might look at https://puri.sm/. Tad pricey - but very security focused.
[–] 8677458? ago
thx