Which phone should I buy for running Replicant?

[Andres]

Paul Kocialkowski <paulk at paulk.fr> escribió:
>Le mercredi 25 septembre 2013 à 16:54 +0100, Andres a écrit :
>> 
>> Dmitriy Nikandrov <dmitriy.nikandrov at gmail.com> escribió:
>> >Not only phones,
>> >but also laptops, desktops, routers, etc... Even Raspberry Pi in
>it's
>> >heart is closed source.
>> >
>> >The problem is that there is no OPEN HARDWARE chips (with open
>> >firmware):
>> >for Wi-Fi
>> 
>> Mi acer aspire zg5 netbook begs to differ on this. I use trisquel/gnu
>linux with no need of propietary software.
>> There is still hope for a libre phone. I believe there was a
>kickstarter for a phone with replaceable boxes. I can dig out the link
>if needed.
>
>You will probably be saddened to know that your device runs many
>non-free firmwares in the chips that work with Trisquel.
>
>e.g. your WiFi thing has a non-free firmware running in it, it's simply
>not loaded software, but it is still, even though the FSF and RMS would
>disagree on that, but I do believe it's still software and deserves the
>four freedom, regardless of how easy it is to replace it. It is up to
>you to make a compromise for that sort of non-loaded firmwares, but
>keep
>in mind it is a compromise, not an ideal situation.
>
>Very few devices can actually run with free firmwares, as John
>highlighted with a link to the Respect Your Freedom list.
>
>Moreover, you probably have a non-free BIOS, which is an obvious
>exemple
>of non-free software running on your system even though you have
>Trisquel.

Thanks for the heads up! I knew about the BIOS and I knew I was Compromising with that, I did not know about the firmware. 
I guess I was over confident on seeing it on h-node.org as a top item.

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