Tibor@pawb.social to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoToday i installed arch linux for the first timepawb.socialimagemessage-square387fedilinkarrow-up11.23Kcross-posted to: 196slackernews@lemmy.world
arrow-up11.23KimageToday i installed arch linux for the first timepawb.socialTibor@pawb.social to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square387fedilinkcross-posted to: 196slackernews@lemmy.world
minus-squareLemmyNameMyself@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·2 years ago The only good computer is one you have the hardware schematics to (i.e. virtually none of them). Purism, System76 and, more recently, Framework
minus-squareHobovision@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 years agoWhat’s the point if they still have AMD, Intel, Nvidia, Qualcomm, etc. chips on them?
minus-squareLemmyNameMyself@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 years agoYou mean things like the Intel Management Engine? I think they are partially disabled, like in librebooted ThinkPads.
minus-squareCalcProgrammer1@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoPinePhone Pro for the mobile side. The schematics are available. I quite like mine, especially with the keyboard case. It’s basically a pocket laptop.
minus-squaremimichuu_@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoThis is only for laptops by the way. System76 desktop BIOSes are still closed source. It’s such a shame that there’s no FOSS BIOS for desktop PCs, hopefully AMD OpenSIL changes that.
minus-squaretoastedenough@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoWerent they gonna make them foss? Heard it some time ago so who knows
minus-squaremimichuu_@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoI’m not sure they can make them FOSS because they don’t make their desktop motherboards AFAIK. They’re much harder to make than laptop ones.
Purism, System76 and, more recently, Framework
What’s the point if they still have AMD, Intel, Nvidia, Qualcomm, etc. chips on them?
You mean things like the Intel Management Engine? I think they are partially disabled, like in librebooted ThinkPads.
Welcome to riscv
PinePhone Pro for the mobile side. The schematics are available. I quite like mine, especially with the keyboard case. It’s basically a pocket laptop.
This is only for laptops by the way. System76 desktop BIOSes are still closed source. It’s such a shame that there’s no FOSS BIOS for desktop PCs, hopefully AMD OpenSIL changes that.
Werent they gonna make them foss? Heard it some time ago so who knows
I’m not sure they can make them FOSS because they don’t make their desktop motherboards AFAIK. They’re much harder to make than laptop ones.