<a href="http://richard.stallman.usesthis.com/" rel="nofollow">http://richard.stallman.usesthis.com/</a><p>It's quite humbling to see the hardware he is using (9" display) just because it's all that runs entirely on free software.<p>In almost every other article people seem to love gadgets and have a lot of cool ones, but they only measure the convenience of owning one (hence all the Apple gear I'd say).<p>Stallman is the only one that looked at the implications of owning non-free software and he's showing that all his campaign isn't just talk.
Mark Pilgrim's was interesting.
I also liked Richard Stallman's and Jason Rohrer.<p>They were nice departures from the standard '15" macbook pro connected to a 30" inch cinema display'<p>I know that The Setup aims to interview interesting people and not interesting setups, but these three were the ones I can remember that were different.
None really. Something I found surprising about this site is the minimal use Linux/*NIX get from this personalities. I found surprising tha most people used Mac OS X exclusively. I like Mac OS X but I don't think I could use only that.