Debian
lemmylem
What if they're shoplifting at my store?
They're owned by a for-profit company, they collect data on you by default, they've already had privacy issues in the past, and they include non-free software by default. I would rather have a beginner start off with Debian or Trisquel. We shouldn't be trapping people into these distros because then they'll potentially get too comfortable and not make the switch. This is coming from someone who did start off on Ubuntu. Sure, it's more convenient, but we should be teaching people to value freedom over convenience. Even if the data collection is minimal, it's still data.
We don't use open-source around here pardner.
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.en.html
OP and I*
I've never used Linux in my life
Acktually, it's GNU/Linux, Linux is just the kernel :)
Ubuntu is spyware.
The errors went away at boot, but nothing happens now, its just stuck. I just see the _ blinking that's it. Going to try installing Arch and see if I can get it working better.
Anything that's cheap and reliable, nothing over $200
Why do I have to explain why I don't want WiFi built-in? What difference would it make exactly?
Libreboot nowadays would most likely still contain blobs in the BIOS, but not as much as regular Coreboot. I don't know why you're being downvoted lol. If Coreboot is supported, they can port it to Libreboot.
If they added Coreboot support, I would buy it just because of that. (Not 100% FOSS, but it's still nice to have more control over your hardware)
Thank you for the information!
I do have Libreboot on all my computers, my T1700 MT is currently Librebooted, that's the server I'm planning on using this card with. I wonder, since the firmware is nearly entirely open, we can possibly support it then, no?