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		zhemao on Oct 29, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Novena: A Laptop with No Secrets In the original blog post for the project, they explicitly anticipated this complaint and stated that this simply wasn't their goal. Novena is not intended to be a mass market Thinkpad clone, it is a laptop made by OSHW hackers for OSHW hackers. Hence why it includes an FPGA and plenty of GPIO pins.

dingaling on Oct 29, 2015 [–]

I wouldn't say it's a laptop; there is no integrated keyboard and the screen faces out when closed, so it is unsuitable for transport.

It's a small portable computer that is probably underpowered for everyday general-purpose use.

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