Insightful point. I came here to say, "How is it going without the binary blobs?", but RMS certainly manages.
Even as a Linux user, I doubt I could ever go completely FOSS. (Or that I would ever want to.)
Even as a Linux user, I doubt I could ever go completely FOSS. (Or that I would ever want to.)
I'm extremely happy with Parabola GNU/Linux (one of the FSF endorsed distros), both as an OS, and as a community.
[1] It was for the iwl3495, and it was actually the only blob on my system--I was manually patching a Linux-libre kernel to re-add that one blob.
More specificly, the Lemote Yeelong, which is not only made in China (like most hardware I guess), but also designed there.
It's neat enough if you can find one, with actually a pretty decent keyboard (for a netbook; rms uses a seperate keyboard with his).
Intels integrated gpu driver is also really good, to the point where you can play ~5 year old games on it just fine with a high end chip.
I wonder how you would pull off OSS hard drive / ram / mobo / psu / etc. It would require that the design schematics and documentation are public. I assume many of them are, but some might not be, and it would be a pain to investigate open hardware.