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1. meruru+(OP)[view] [source] 2019-03-07 14:59:44
It solves bug #1

This bug is widely evident in the PC industry.

Steps to repeat:

    1. Visit a local PC store.
    2. Attempt to buy a machine without any proprietary software.
What happens:

Almost always, a majority of PCs for sale have Microsoft Windows pre-installed. In the rare cases that they come with a GNU/Linux operating system or no operating system at all, the drivers and BIOS may be proprietary.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1

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2. maskli+P[view] [source] 2019-03-07 15:06:19
>>meruru+(OP)
> It solves bug #1

It doesn't do so anymore than ubuntu already does.

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3. meruru+T2[view] [source] [discussion] 2019-03-07 15:20:26
>>maskli+P
It does so more directly by being a PC without Microsoft Windows pre-installed or proprietary BIOS.

Almost always, a majority of PCs for sale have Microsoft Windows pre-installed. In the rare cases that they come with a GNU/Linux operating system or no operating system at all, the drivers and BIOS may be proprietary.

Ubuntu helped enable Purism to exist and they are great for that too.

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4. maskli+ij[view] [source] [discussion] 2019-03-07 17:02:26
>>meruru+T2
> It does so more directly by being a PC without Microsoft Windows pre-installed or proprietary BIOS.

Ah, so it does so by redefining the inconvenient bits completely out of bug #1.

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