Re: [tlug] refurbished Thinkpad X60 with Coreboot & Linux

[Benjamin Tayehanpour <benjamin@example.com>]

On 24 December 2013 03:59, Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@example.com> wrote:
> "Cheap garbage" *should* work.  Some of us can afford to buy better
> stuff, but our students and friends who work for NPOs can't.  And I've
> actually been quite happy with our Epson EP-804A (~16000 three years
> ago IIRC) -- but I drive it with a Mac.  (Which is one reason why I
> don't recommend 100% free software systems to the above-mentioned
> "clients" any more.  Software freedom is an important property of the
> ecosystem, but it's not the only freedom that matters.  Freedom from
> driver hassles you don't want is another one.)

I agree. Cheap garbage should work. But if it doesn't, buying it will
only help cheap non-functional garbage prosper. Vote with your wallet.

Besides, I didn't mean "cheap" as in "affordable price for the
end-user". I rather meant cheap as in "low-quality, normal pricing,
great profits".