Due to icestorm's timing, it is now the FPGA family with most mature open flow support. They're also cheap and have cheap OSHW development boards, which helps.
Besides iCE40 (project icestorm), there's also ECP5 (project trellis) and quicklogic eFPGA (support provided by vendor itself!), all in good shape.
Then there's some more, like GW1N (project apicula) and Xilinx family 7 (project x-ray), in a partially-working state.
Are you referring to the differences between leftists and fascists or do you still believe that any ideology is anything more than a blatant power grab?
Tell me O noble throwaway warrior
Edit: Fuuuu this is the comment that brought you out of hibernation? Geez welcome back to the land of the living
> Debian maintainers don't have the time (or often the knowledge) to review upstream changes
> Do you think the Debian Linux, GCC and Xorg maintainers exhaustively review and understand every patch? They don't.
This is plain false. While it's impossible to guarantee a 100% code reviews, the number of bugs and vulnerabilities found, reported upstream, and patched by distributions (especially Debian) shows that code is being reviewed.
Point 1: I take it you've never been on the receiving end of the "Oh, you use _Windoze_" comments. The fact that "M$ Windoze" exists as a meme is proof enough that there are enough people who show disdain for proprietary software that people took notice.
Point 2: Do you mean besides his every day demeanor? Or besides his extensive essays on the evils of proprietary software that imply _strongly_ that people who use and create them are against Freedom?
Look, the vast, silent majority, as with most groups, doesn't care what kind of software other people use. The problem is, as usual, the core, vocal group of people who dislike anyone who doesn't think like they do.
In both points you conflated, again, disdain towards software and disdain towards users.
> I take it you've never been on the receiving end of the "Oh, you use _Windoze_" comments
Actually I did. Clearly those were not insults meant against me as a user.
Just like stating "beer is disgusting" or "I hate Samsung" is not insulting me for my drink or monitor brand choices.
> Free software activists and advocates are often accused of "user shaming".
What do you mean with "shaming"? I've been at many DebConfs and I have never heard any other DD calling people names just for using some closed source software.
Making users feel put down in some manner for using proprietary software, even when they might not be aware of the issues surrounding it. Users might be made to feel like they're hurting themselves and others in doing so. While being made to feel personally responsible (intentionally or not), they might then be exposed to a barrage of statements about how proprietary software is bad/evil and all of the problems surrounding it, which might make them feel even worse about their position.
This can have mixed results. If a user _didn't_ feel personally attached to those problems, then he/she might find it informative and a good illustration of the problem. Otherwise, users might become defensive or angry. Some might feel ashamed or bullied.
rms can come off that way, for example, even though he legitimately doesn't intend for that to happen. He has to balance his writing style with other concerns. One of his articles[0] was the topic of discussion on an internal GNU list where I and others provided some feedback to reduce the sense I just described. He makes strong, important points in the article, but it can be off-putting to people who aren't a part of the free software community. So for free software advocates reading it, it might seem informative and an excellent example of the issues, whereas someone not familiar with software freedom might experience the issues I mentioned above. It can be difficult to convey that using proprietary software is doing harm by encouraging others to use it, for example.
That's a hard pass for me!