Howdy all, The “Librem 15” is a notebook computer built with respect for user freedom as the primary consideration. The organisation, Purism, says they aim to improve the hardware manufacturers's awareness that this is important to end-users: There are many laptops that run Linux. The Librem 15 laptop is better in two main ways: 1. The hardware used in the Librem 15 laptop was specifically selected so that no binary blobs are needed in the Linux kernel that ships with the laptop. All other Linux pre-installed devices include binary blobs in the Linux kernel. 2. The Librem 15 is the first concrete step toward changing computer manufacturing in a fundamental way. We believe in users’ rights, and will continue to push upstream to free the BIOS and component firmware. The crowd-funding campaign has already reached its goal of US$250 000 <URL:https://www.crowdsupply.com/purism/librem-laptop>. An initial run of 500 units will be ready by 2015-04. -- \ “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking | `\ they don't have any.” —Alice Walker | _o__) | Ben Finney