| rjeffries | Now things get interesting: http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=2686 | 01:34 |
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| rjeffries | Interesting set of design decisions. Those who do not want a blob can simply not use wifi. FPGA inclusion seems smart. Leveraging Raspberry Pi GPIO header is clever, | 01:38 |
| wpwrak | dunno ... laptops don't seem to be much of an issue | 01:39 |
| wpwrak | in the sense that a) you can usually find some that are open enough for all practical purposes, b) a laptop is a complex system, making it expensive to construct one | 01:40 |
| wpwrak | of course, if you do it just for the fun of it, why not :) | 01:41 |
| wpwrak | bah, and he still got some closed-source junk in there. why bother at all then ? | 01:42 |
| wpwrak | rjeffries: btw, how's that illuminated walking stick coming along ? did you make it ? | 01:43 |
| unclouded | only the wifi and graphics seem to require a blob though | 02:59 |
| unclouded | are there alternatives for 3D and wifi that don't require a blob yet? | 03:01 |
| unclouded | I should have read the comments: "Wifi does not require a closed-source blob, if you use an Atheros 9k mPCI-x version" | 03:03 |
| LunaVorax | Hi! | 10:06 |
| rjeffries | wpwrak Bunnie's project is not a Ben Nanonote alternative, agreed. His attempt at open hardware does not interest you, that's fine. It will be interesting to see whether a mainly open laptop--with clever bits like FPGA integration--can find enough buyers to make sense. | 16:53 |
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