[gNewSense-users] Re: free netbook lemote yeeloong available

[Eus]

Hi Ho!

--- On Sat, 11/29/08, ben <address@hidden> wrote:

> hello,
> 
> two days ago somebody posted a link to the following online
> dealer
> selling RMS's netbook (well, not his own, but the kind
> he uses):
> 
> the page where i found the link:
> http://digg.com/linux_unix/Lemote_YeeLoong_Notebook_Stallman_s_New_Computer_Running_GNU?OTC-em-st1
> 
> the dealer (from netherlands):
> http://www.tekmote.nl/epages/61504599.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/61504599/Categories/%22Lemote%20product%22
> 
> an article by stallman where he mentions the machine:
> http://www.bostonreview.net/BR33.6/stallman.php
> 
> most of this info can be found in the gnewsense forum, but
> i thought the
> fact that the machine can be bought now might be worth a
> message.

Wait, does the laptop has free BIOS? It is not mentioned on the Boston Review's 
article.

Also, the wireless device is RTL8187B. On 
http://www.fsf.org/resources/hw/net/wireless/cards.html, it only mentions 
RTL8180. So, does RTL8187B have a free driver?

> bye
> ben

Best regards,
Eus (FSF member #4445)

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