[Arm-netbook] Another blog post about the campaign

[Paul Boddie]

Hello,

I finally got round to writing a blog post about the campaign which you can
view at the following location:

http://blogs.fsfe.org/pboddie/?p=1314

I've tried to keep up with some of the discussions, and I hope I've managed to
avoid misrepresenting anyone's position, but I felt that having read some of
the misunderstandings around EOMA68 (some potentially deliberate, I suspect),
it would be nice to discuss them all in a single article and to make people
aware that the campaign is still taking place and worth supporting.

Paul

P.S. I think I'd feel like a narcissist for replying to the thread bearing my
own name, but I'd still like to take the opportunity to thank everyone who
sent their good wishes at that time - Luke, Manuel, Alexander, Russell, plus
any others - and special thanks are due to my brother for supporting me in
what has been a difficult time. Hopefully, like EOMA68, I have recovered from
adversity (or have at least gone a fair way down the path of recovery) and
will be able to participate a bit more in future.

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[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

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Post by Paul Boddie
Hello,

eyy, you're back!

Post by Paul Boddie
I finally got round to writing a blog post about the campaign which you can
http://blogs.fsfe.org/pboddie/?p=1314

ahh magic

Post by Paul Boddie
own name, but I'd still like to take the opportunity to thank everyone who
sent their good wishes at that time - Luke, Manuel, Alexander, Russell, plus
any others - and special thanks are due to my brother for supporting me in
what has been a difficult time. Hopefully, like EOMA68, I have recovered from
adversity (or have at least gone a fair way down the path of recovery) and
will be able to participate a bit more in future.

take it easy paul - there's more important things than computers.
no, really :)

l.

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[Matt Campbell]

Very well written, Paul.

I submitted it to Hacker News:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12314468

Matt

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[m016fec3]

I submitted it to diaspora* and gnusocial.

https://pod.geraspora.de/posts/5139637
https://loadaverage.org/notice/8435094

Wolfgang

Post by Matt Campbell
Very well written, Paul.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12314468
Matt
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[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

thanks matt. also thank you wolfgang
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Post by Matt Campbell
Very well written, Paul.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12314468
Matt
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On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 7:29 PM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton

Post by Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
thanks matt. also thank you wolfgang

https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68/micro-desktop/updates/fsf-fsfe-and-off-grid-living
you've all seen these before but i wanted to post them to the "updates" list

l.

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[Russell Hyer]

Thanks, I had a brief look at the video (but gotta save on bandwidth).
With only a number of days to go before the campaign closes, I hope
the project gets to see the light of day (true, I missed the light of
day working :))

@Paul - hope you're feeling better and have a full recovery. Liked the
write up. (It's funny that people argue the things that don't matter
like easy measurables[1] like MHz and GHz, but miss the important
things. (Of course, this is still a difficult thing to argue with most
folk as they might not be the kinds of people who buy stuff, develop
an unmet need in a particular product (whether a camera, watch or
whatever)).

Russell...
[1] Actually, if I could remember the source of the quote I'd provide
it, but the whole point has a related idea that's embedded in maths
(and therefore made its way into computing): reduce the problem and
solve a simpler problem instead. Like, if someone asks you, how are
you? That's a really difficult question, and sure you could write a
whole manual about how to ask and then answer that question. But you
could instead decide the answer based on whether you had a good coffee
or whether or not it's Monday, etc. (In so doing, you've just
solved/picked a different problem answer). Like the quote: "Dealing
with failure is easy: Work hard to improve. Success is also easy to
handle: You've solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve." (Alan
Perlis)

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On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 7:29 PM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton

Post by Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
thanks matt. also thank you wolfgang

https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68/micro-desktop/updates/fsf-fsfe-and-off-grid-living
you've all seen these before but i wanted to post them to the "updates" list
l.
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Post by Russell Hyer
Thanks, I had a brief look at the video (but gotta save on bandwidth).
With only a number of days to go before the campaign closes, I hope
the project gets to see the light of day (true, I missed the light of
day working :))
@Paul - hope you're feeling better and have a full recovery. Liked the
write up. (It's funny that people argue the things that don't matter
like easy measurables[1] like MHz and GHz, but miss the important
things.

https://wiki.onion.io/Home

is only 500 mhz (it's an AR9331 - which is RYF Endorseable!) and yet
runs a full GNU/Linux distro.

l.

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[Russell Hyer]

Wow, thanks for that; that looks like it could work well in one of my
computer watch projects :)

I really should upgrade my seiko computer watch :) (The new ones are
newer but worse, since those are specific purpose computers! Oh,
here's my Monday watch :))

Russell
If days were numbered, I'd guess it's time...

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Post by Russell Hyer
Thanks, I had a brief look at the video (but gotta save on bandwidth).
With only a number of days to go before the campaign closes, I hope
the project gets to see the light of day (true, I missed the light of
day working :))
@Paul - hope you're feeling better and have a full recovery. Liked the
write up. (It's funny that people argue the things that don't matter
like easy measurables[1] like MHz and GHz, but miss the important
things.

https://wiki.onion.io/Home
is only 500 mhz (it's an AR9331 - which is RYF Endorseable!) and yet
runs a full GNU/Linux distro.
l.
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[Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo]

Post by Paul Boddie
Hello,
I finally got round to writing a blog post about the campaign which you can
http://blogs.fsfe.org/pboddie/?p=1314

Hey Paul, great to see you back.

And with an amazing post, no less ;-)


Cheers.