From:    Martin Steigerwald <martin@???>

Date:    Thu, 20 Nov 2025 20:00:11 +0100

> I meant free software based firmware and openly designed hardware
> which schematics available under a free license.

FPGA achieves this without requiring fabrication in silicon. Configure
the FPGA as you choose.

To my knowledge, the A2 system from Pieter Muller and others runs on
bare x86, AMD and ARM machines. Also on top of Linux and MS Windows.
Not yet on a FPGA.

> But none of them is really intended to run Linux.

A2 is also not Linux.

Communication protocols permit communication. If your system knows
HTTP and HTTPS and has a browser, you can access the Web whether your
system is Apple, DOS, Linux or some other. If your system knows SMTP
and has a MUA, you can send email. Etc.

> > Meanwhile invasion & hijacking of systems of banks, hospitals &
> > etc. continues. Publication of the stories tends to be avoided.
>
> Due to FGPA?

A system based on FPGA could reduce vulnerability; not increase it.
Wirth commented in his famous 2024 lecture.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXY78gPMvl0

If you don't want to follow the whole lecture, jump to the 2nd
question from the audience member about 49:40. In Wirth's reply:
"... no back doors and no side doors ...".

Some well educated friends have abandoned computing more or less. One
has nothing more than a flip phone. I'm not so willing to surrender to
crass interests.

A current problem for consumers is browser bloat. A small detail
here. https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=7487
The office of my M.P. is evaluating the petition.

Regards,                            ... P.

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