RISC-V Mainboard for Framework Laptop 13 is now available
> We’re happy to share that DeepComputing’s DC-ROMA RISC-V Mainboard for Framework Laptop 13 [https://frame.work/products/deep-computing-risc-v-mainboard] is now in stock and shipping in the Framework Marketplace. This is very much a developer-focused board to help accelerate maturing the software e...
Almost can't wait to put my hands on one of these
A Framework Laptop 13 with a RISC-V mainboard.
Looking for a RISC-V single board computer for basic home server
I need to configure a basic home server that can run Nextcloud and GoToSocial. I would like to use a libre RISC-V single board computer. What are good bang-for-the-buck alternatives as of December 2024?
Looking for an ARM Chromebook, or should it be a tablet?
## A small, efficient laptop I am looking for a laptop which is as efficient as an android phone, small, fast, and cheap. I would prefer a stripped down Fedora Kinoite, but tbh ChromeOS is a masterpiece of efficient and secure OS design. Even on 4GB RAM it just works, boots in seconds, while still h...
MNT Reform laptop ordered
You might recall that I was considering a MNT Reform laptop to replace my crappy HP laptop a few months ago.
Well, I got no answer or information of any kind anywhere (not just here on Lemmy), but the idea kept going round and round in the back of my head. And now, 5 months later, I find myself having to upgrade Mint to Wilma on my hateful HP laptop soon, and I already dread rebooting to the console because Xorg is dead again, having to downgrade to a working version of the kernel again, fighting the AMDGPU driver again, making the super-flaky and completely terrible wifi-cum-bluetooth Realtek 8821CE adapter work halfway decently again...
I hate this laptop. In fact, I hate it so much that I finally pulled the trigger on the MNT Reform laptop. Hopefully it'll get here before the need to upgrade becomes too pressing.
Stay tuned 🙂
Any MNT Reform laptop owner out there for a few questions?
I have a terrible el-cheapo 14" HP laptop that I bought from a big-box store a few years ago as an emergency replacement for a laptop that died on me on the road while visiting a customer. I literally went to the store 5 minutes before it closed, bought any laptop they had, loaded Linux on it at the hotel and transferred my files from the dead laptop overnight, then did my presentation the next morning.
The trouble is, that laptop is VERY Linux unfriendly. I've put up with it for years because I don't like to throw things away, but I just can't stand the regular AMDGPU driver crashes and the broke-ass wifi-cum-bluetooth Realtek chipset anymore.
So I'm on the market for a good Linux laptop. I'm not a demanding user - I use that HP laptop to edit videos and do CAD and I'm okay with it - I'm very comfortable with anything Linux and I can code my way around problems.
I'm really tempted to get a MNT Reform laptop: I like the LiFePo4 batt
RFS - Linux-capable OtS chip for learning HW and FW design
Hello folks. I'm wanting to learn a bit about computer hardware and firmware design, the ultimate goal will be a fully open-source hardware computer (I don't expect that any time soon). I'm familiar with PCB layout and design already as well as MCU and general programming.
Does anyone have suggestions for Off-the-Shelf CPUs that are supported well-enough by Linux and have useful documentation and datasheets available? I'm not looking for high performance, running a GUI, or anything like that. I'm literally just interested in practicing the board layout and figuring out how to extend core/libreboot to support it (out implement my own firmware) and get a terminal session.
FOSS Water Purification, Structures, and Sanitation (Off-Grid Communities) 📖💧🏠🚾🌱
In 2023, we added 4 new open-source hardware projects to address community's human rights, including access to safe water, shelter, and sanitation
Happy 2024! The Eco-Libre project published our 2023 Annual Report for last year.
Eco-Libre is a volunteer-run project that designs libre hardware for sustainable communities.
Eco-Libre's mission is to research, develop, document, teach, build, and distribute open-source hardware and software that sustainably enfranchises communities' human rights.
- Eco-Libre's mission statement
We aim to provide clear documentation to build low-cost machines, tools, and infrastructure for people all over the world who wish to live in sustainable communities with others.
A RISC-V desktop
What do you think? Has anyone here tried out the Milk-V?
Seems like it still does have some proprietary components but hey, that's a big improvement for now.
How feesible is it to create a fully libre CPU?
I am referring to both the design, and the independent, and auditable manufacture of the CPU. It should be noted that such a CPU needn't fully compete with modern ARM, Intel, AMD, etc. CPUs, but it would be an incredible boon to have a fully trustworthy piece of hardware, even if it is considerably lower in it's strength. For specifics, let's say a CPU that could run a lightweight Linux distro at a "tolerable" speed.
Creating the designs for the CPU, of course while still difficult, is, most likely, the most feesbile aspect -- I presume it would "just" consist of writing the Verilog, or some other hardware description language to describe the CPU's function. The manufacture, however, is a substantial obstacle. Modern photolithography is, quite litterally, at the very forefront of human technological creation. I am just hoping that turning back the clock perhaps 20 years on the technological complexity might reduce the barrier to entry.
OpenHW Group (A non profit that develops open source hardware, including a Linux capable RISC-V core) Appoints new CEO, Reports exponential growth
OpenHW Foundation is an Eclipse Foundation Working Group driven by its members and individual contributors where hardware and software designers collaborate on …
BusKill Dead Man Switch now available in a brick-and-mortar in Germany 🧱🛡️
Our USB Dead Man Switch can now be purchased in-person at ProxyStore's brick-and-mortar location in Leipzig, Germany.
We're happy to announce that, for the first time ever, BusKill cables can be purchased in-person in Leipzig, Germany.
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](https://www.buskill.in/leipzig-proxystore/)The BusKill project has partnered with ProxyStore to make BusKill laptop kill cords finally available from a brick-and-mortar location. You can now go to the following location and purchase a BusKill cable with cash or cryptocurrency.
Bernhard-Göring-Straße 162
04277 Leipzig
Germany
BusKill is a laptop kill-cord. It's a USB cable with a magnetic breakaway that you attach to your body and connect to your computer.
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We were successfully able to initiate a BusKill lockscreen trigger using a 3D-printed BusKill (DIY USB kill cord) prototype
We're happy to announce that we were successfully able to initiate a BusKill lockscreen trigger using a 3D-printed BusKill prototype!
| Watch the 3D Printable BusKill Proof-of-Concept Demo for more info youtube.com/v/Q-QjHelRvvk |
BusKill is a laptop kill-cord. It's a USB cable with a magnetic breakaway that you attach to your body and connect to your computer.
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