It&#x27;s a first good step.<p>What I want is freedom of PC hardware of the 1990s in a smaller form factor. A smartphone consists of a system-on-chip (SoC) computer, memory chip, modem, display, cameras, antennas, sensors, card slots, battery - all could be modular. And be of a convinient form factor so that several companies offer such parts.<p>Android took the omnipresence role of Windows 95 on smartphones and tablets (though Android device driver are hard to find).<p>Back in 2006 I had a modular notebook built by an OEM sold under different brands. (picture: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;p-fst1.pixstatic.com&#x2F;51b62f6dfb04d67b66000b29._w.540_s.fit_.JPEG" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;p-fst1.pixstatic.com&#x2F;51b62f6dfb04d67b66000b29._w.540_...</a> ) What a great hardware platform.<p>In 2016 the notebook market is in a bad shape - business notebooks: lower build quality (no Thinkpad robustness), higher prices and no modular notebook platform. And on PC the trusted computing (UEFI, GPT, Palladium) accelerated by Microsoft is hostile to non-Windows 8+ operating systems. Hopefully, the EFF can do something there.