Hi

Just a few thought son what I see as a conflict of goals in D:B's
philosophy. On one hand d:b is committed to totally free software, but
D:B is also trying to be an OS to recycle old equipment (as in the
famous $0 laptop).

People who depend on other peoples old unwanted
hardware cannot always choose what they want, especially whether the
hardware has free drivers. There is an English saying that 'beggars
cannot be choosers.' As an example, both my computers are donated 'cast
offs' and the usb wireless on one needs the ralink firmware that D:B
does not include; I cannot just afford to go out and buy something else
so I cannot use that PC with D:B.

The goal of encouraging someone to
only use hardware with free drivers is good, but not always practical:
The irony is that this hinders the people who need the free software
the most.

Best wishes
Guy