Linux on older laptops

[Luke-Jr]

On Tuesday 03 January 2006 20:42, Leo Mauler wrote:
> --- Luke-Jr <luke at dashjr.org> wrote:
> > On Tuesday 03 January 2006 00:19, Richard Piper wrote:
> > > Just curious Luke, how far do you take this belief? Do you only run
> > > computers which work with a free-as-in-freedom BIOs as well?
> >
> > If I had that choice, I certainly would. Ditto for firmware and hardware.
>
> And if we had the choice of using "moral" drivers, we certainly would.  Some
> of us don't have the choice of using "moral" drivers, so, EXACTLY LIKE YOU,
> we choose what we have to and not necessarily what we want.

That doesn't work when someone knowingly chooses to limit their choices by 
buying hardware lacking moral drivers.