Re: Guix on Purism's Librems?

[Matt Newport <matt@mattnewport.com>]

Purism mostly disables the Intel ME, at least in theory:

https://puri.sm/posts/purism-librem-laptops-completely-disable-intel-management-engine/

https://puri.sm/learn/intel-me/

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On Friday, April 19, 2019 4:59 AM, Tobias Platen <trisquel@platen-software.de> wrote:

> Am 18.04.2019 um 04:44 schrieb Katherine Cox-Buday:
>
> > Hey all,
> > I brought this up in IRC tonight, and I thought I'd cast a net on the
> > mailing list to collect experiences. I am considering purchasing a
> > Librem laptop, and I was curious how Guix runs on it. Would anyone who
> > has these laptops (especially if you have a version with the TPM and
> > head) care to write up an experience-report?
> > Also, would it make sense for us to have a package specifically for
> > hardware like this to make it easier to build install images for the
> > machines? Even if the packages don't do much, there is still value in
> > declaring that the specific configuration of hardware has been
> > investigated, and is supported.
>
> Guix runs on two of my coreboot machines: the ThinkPad X200 and the
> Vikings D16.
> Since the Librem laptop has Intel ME, it won't respect privacy and
> freedom. [1]
> The Talos II [2] and the upcoming PowerPC notebook [3] do not have that
> problem.
> Currently I am working on a port to Guix to PPC64EL so that I can use
> Guix on my Talos II.
>
> Tobias
>
> [1]
> https://www.fsf.org/blogs/sysadmin/the-management-engine-an-attack-on-computer-users-freedom
> [2] https://www.raptorcs.com/
> [3] https://www.powerpc-notebook.org/en/