tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631300574049036317.post5061804274211196352..comments2023-05-21T05:57:57.228-07:00Comments on The Inner Workings of Linux Hardware: TourniquetAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486979345236443048noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631300574049036317.post-48791490177542331722012-08-12T21:37:30.432-07:002012-08-12T21:37:30.432-07:00Andreas,
Thanks. zareason.com ships to North Ame...Andreas, <br /><br />Thanks. zareason.com ships to North America locations and zareason.co.nz ships to Australasia. We are considering restructuring the company to be employee-owned / employee-run so that we can establish shops in many countries more quickly, but we need to find a business person who can assist with it (and so far can't find one we can afford to talk to). <br /><br />If we're not in your country yet, please accept my apologies. We're doing what we can to grow global. F/LOSS isn't limited by location; F/LOSS hardware shouldn't be either.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01486979345236443048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631300574049036317.post-30088674717802972292012-08-12T21:32:00.879-07:002012-08-12T21:32:00.879-07:00ZaReason has carried a 17" off and on since 2...ZaReason has carried a 17" off and on since 2007. Our last one was a 17.3" http://zareason.com/shop/Chimera.html It's currently out of stock, but if you email support@zareason.com they could probably get you a heavily discounted 17" that we used in the office, one that would be on our Sale page sooner or later. http://zareason.com/shop/Sale/ <br /><br />You're right that for some, a full 17" is crucial. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01486979345236443048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631300574049036317.post-73225141175672107802012-08-12T21:25:09.550-07:002012-08-12T21:25:09.550-07:00Thanks for thinking this through. As long as peopl...Thanks for thinking this through. As long as people are looking at the bigger picture, everything will work out in the end.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01486979345236443048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631300574049036317.post-14515893574032650222012-08-12T21:22:54.019-07:002012-08-12T21:22:54.019-07:00Raahul, You can get a Linux laptop in Oz! Our zare...Raahul, You can get a Linux laptop in Oz! Our zareason.co.nz shop is for all of Australasia. It's currently being supported by a fantastic base of Kiwis in NZ, but as soon as there are enough AU orders, we'll be setting up a shop in Melbourne (or maybe Sydney). <br /><br />Feel free to order a laptop or let us know what you need. We ship to AU and are eager to get a shop in-country. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01486979345236443048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631300574049036317.post-16485151866681193252012-08-12T21:18:57.981-07:002012-08-12T21:18:57.981-07:00Looking forward to it, thanks! Looking forward to it, thanks! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01486979345236443048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631300574049036317.post-87558607595550600942012-08-12T21:18:37.287-07:002012-08-12T21:18:37.287-07:00Thank you so much! We applied to be on the list. P...Thank you so much! We applied to be on the list. Please let us know if there are other locations / news feeds / lists we need to be on. There are too many for us to track without help. We're focusing hard on R&D so this type of support is very much appreciated.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01486979345236443048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631300574049036317.post-76077411395005687832012-08-06T20:31:01.175-07:002012-08-06T20:31:01.175-07:00Thanks for mentioning how hard it is to get hardwa...Thanks for mentioning how hard it is to get hardware working properly. We find that people often don't recognize the value of optimizing hardware for Linux. <br /><br />If we were talking about cars (or nearly any other user-oriented mechanism) then the value of "making it work well" (optimizing) would be obvious. <br /><br />But for some reason there is a blind spot for Linux hardware. When people point things out like you did -- very helpful.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01486979345236443048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631300574049036317.post-9418128994463813082012-08-05T13:43:09.619-07:002012-08-05T13:43:09.619-07:00Hi Cathy.
Your arguments are very valid. Instead...Hi Cathy. <br /><br />Your arguments are very valid. Instead of just killing the smaller Linux distributions, they are also killing the innovative hardware developer and the small hardware manufacturer/reseller.<br /><br />I predict that secure boot is going to hurt Microsoft within 4 months of implementation. One nice day, one of their patches is going to fail, and the result will be catastrophic for their install base. I read today about bios hacks that secure boot does not guard against. There is also a hack for the graphics card bios and other devices with revisable code used to drive them. Viruses galore are coming.<br /><br />The UEFI will have to become minimal. That is, limited to read a USB, CD or Disk, and not do much more. The Operating system will have to take over the rest of the responsibility that is currently in a PC bios.Seguridad Informáticahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14047725666369039172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631300574049036317.post-84429036189093619152012-08-04T22:49:02.876-07:002012-08-04T22:49:02.876-07:00Sadly, not a SINGLE Linux hardware vendor is willi...Sadly, not a SINGLE Linux hardware vendor is willing to ship a laptop with one CRUCIAL feature. 17" display.<br /><br />You're more than happy to ship an i7 with an NVida GPU- but no 17". Sorry, guys, but if I need reading glasses to use the damn thing, I'm kind of stuck as I've got vision limitations due to being a Type II Diabetic. The dot pitches aren't useful at 15.6- but yet DELL and HP are more than happy to supply me with at least the display I need to be portable. (Hint: I'm using a re-purposed HP and work's using a DELL mobile workstation model, both running Zubuntu 12.04...) <br /><br />It's not a shiny piece. It's a must-have. YOU and System76 plain flat do not offer it. At. All.<br /><br />It's nice to talk about being GNU friendly on the hardware front. I'd buy it if you did such that I could actually USE your hardware for on-the-road development work. I can't. <br /><br />So...what do you intend on doing about it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631300574049036317.post-21181924559116152552012-08-04T20:06:42.858-07:002012-08-04T20:06:42.858-07:00Damn! I just bought a laptop, but it was Samsung, ...Damn! I just bought a laptop, but it was Samsung, which is a member of the linux foundation and official open source supporter. Your point is valid and very loud and clear. However, in Oz, it's not that easy to buy linux laptops. I don't know of any.Raahul Kumarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18144388090492230247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631300574049036317.post-74316641291984938662012-08-04T07:19:57.799-07:002012-08-04T07:19:57.799-07:00Cathy Malmrose,
You are my hero. keep up the fan...Cathy Malmrose, <br /><br />You are my hero. keep up the fantastic work.<br /><br />Easy is not the road travelled by the brilliant.<br /><br />Ram :-}rogue0111https://www.blogger.com/profile/01957945127767873334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631300574049036317.post-8732603607380997882012-08-04T02:46:30.282-07:002012-08-04T02:46:30.282-07:00It would help a lot if it was easy to find what co...It would help a lot if it was easy to find what countries you ship to. It say in the FAQ that you do not ship internationally, but indicate that could change.AndreasDavourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17170806742393291962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631300574049036317.post-40349882521382730742012-08-04T02:08:05.243-07:002012-08-04T02:08:05.243-07:00ESR = Eric S. Raymond
Linus Torvalds uses a MacBoo...ESR = Eric S. Raymond<br />Linus Torvalds uses a MacBook Air.<br />Richard Stallman uses a Leemote Yeeloong, a very free Chinese computer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631300574049036317.post-71328125142300179222012-08-04T01:18:57.167-07:002012-08-04T01:18:57.167-07:00With you zareason! All the way! Will connect asap....With you zareason! All the way! Will connect asap.<br /><br />KendallAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631300574049036317.post-47191769534145223042012-08-03T22:06:54.917-07:002012-08-03T22:06:54.917-07:00Cathy,
ZaReason should get into Debian's list...Cathy,<br /><br />ZaReason should get into <a href="http://www.debian.org/distrib/pre-installed" rel="nofollow">Debian's list of <em>vendors that pre-install Debian</em></a>.<br /><br />I've been bought several computers from ZaReason over the past year--and will be buying more in the future. After I found you guys, you delighted me and gained a loyal customer. But, the thing is...: I had to find you! And that part was harder than it needed to be: I wanted computers running Debian, so the first place I looked was <a href="http://www.debian.org/distrib/pre-installed" rel="nofollow">Debian's list of <em>vendors that pre-install Debian</em></a>. Because ZaReason wasn't on the list, I had to spend hours (days, actually!) slogging through the offerings from the other vendors who <em>were</em> in the list, and then days of additional research and community outreach before I even learned that ZaReason existed.<br /><br />There are other people like me--but who aren't going to find you unless you get into that list.Joshua Judson Rosenhttp://www.hackerposse.com/~rozzinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631300574049036317.post-48576724504718846612012-08-03T21:12:27.640-07:002012-08-03T21:12:27.640-07:00An interview with RMS from 2010 says he was using ...An interview with RMS from 2010 says he was using a Lemote Yeelong. <br /><br />http://richard.stallman.usesthis.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631300574049036317.post-75731724743874526602012-08-03T20:58:24.368-07:002012-08-03T20:58:24.368-07:00I got started running linux on a Mac because I got...I got started running linux on a Mac because I got tired of MacOS9 doing silly things, and it was always an uphill battle to get things to work right.<br /><br />Recently I bought an Asus transformer, because I read on the web that it could be rooted, only to find that when I got it home, that there was a new key. Well, I ended up rooting it, which resulted in my rant (and instructions) here: http://grid.coop/tf/<br /><br />My next hardware will come from zareason. When can I order a phone?Tea Party Democrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03096147065201990059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631300574049036317.post-56032355408849518832012-08-03T20:47:15.335-07:002012-08-03T20:47:15.335-07:00Very well said. Thank you.Very well said. Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631300574049036317.post-88637593987492452262012-08-03T20:42:40.484-07:002012-08-03T20:42:40.484-07:00A voice of reason crying in the wilderness. I am b...A voice of reason crying in the wilderness. I am better for having heard it.<br /><br /> If you can't open it, you don't own it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02518171395559046395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631300574049036317.post-37680578527461134672012-08-03T20:04:15.376-07:002012-08-03T20:04:15.376-07:00Well put. Thank you Cathy.Well put. Thank you Cathy.Greg Smelahttp://ssvt.netnoreply@blogger.com