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From: "Jonathan McHugh" <indieterminacy@libre.brussels>
To: "Christine Lemmer-Webber" <cwebber@dustycloud.org>
Cc: help-guix@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Guix on the MNT Reform
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2021 00:36:09 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3d53bc754eb2db8e3abb3f4cd3d3a73e@libre.brussels> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <874kbogf1h.fsf@dustycloud.org>

I hope you are enjoying the mechanical keyboard, it seems great!

====================
Jonathan McHugh
indieterminacy@libre.brussels

August 17, 2021 7:24 PM, "Christine Lemmer-Webber" <cwebber@dustycloud.org> wrote:

> Hi! Well my MNT Reform arrived. I'd like to start putting Guix on it
> but I'm kind of low on time right now...
> 
> I wonder if anyone else has started making progress towards this?
> 
> What I'd love: a tutorial that says "here are the steps to make an sd
> card you can boot your reform with"!
> 
> Christopher Lemmer Webber writes:
> 
>> I'm very excited to see the MNT Reform launch:
>> 
>> https://www.crowdsupply.com/mnt/reform
>> https://www.crowdsupply.com/mnt/reform/updates/the-campaign-is-live
>> 
>> Completely hackable laptop; all the designs (that are possible) are
>> libre, and you can even 3d print to replace many of the parts.
>> 
>> However my impression is that running Guix on ARM is not necessarily
>> straightforward. I haven't tried it yet.
>> 
>> Most important specs:
>> 
>> CPU: NXP/Freescale i.MX8MQ with 4x ARM Cortex-A53 cores (1.5 GHz),
>> 1x Cortex-M4F core. CPU and RAM are on exchangeable SO-DIMM sized
>> module.
>> RAM: 4GB LPDDR4 memory
>> GPU: Vivante GC7000Lite GPU with mainline Linux drivers and OpenGL
>> 2.1, ES 2.0
>> 
>> (My other main worry is: that's pretty light on RAM these days...!
>> But hey, maybe incentive for me to cut the fat in the programs I use a
>> bit more...)
>> 
>> I am thinking of getting one and running Guix on it. It would be nice
>> to know that I wouldn't be alone. :) Anyone else planning to get one
>> and joing me on the journey on maybe the most hacker-oriented laptop
>> ever?
>> 
>> - Chris


  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-08-18  0:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-05-08 15:06 Guix on the MNT Reform Christopher Lemmer Webber
2020-05-08 18:19 ` Simon Josefsson
2020-05-09 13:03   ` Christopher Lemmer Webber
2020-05-08 18:30 ` Ekaitz Zarraga
2020-05-08 18:52 ` Vagrant Cascadian
2020-05-08 19:16   ` Leo Famulari
2020-05-08 20:44 ` John Soo
2020-09-02 22:22 ` Andreas Enge
2020-09-13 14:10   ` Andreas Enge
2020-09-15  3:23     ` Fredrik Salomonsson
2021-08-17 17:24 ` Christine Lemmer-Webber
2021-08-17 23:49   ` Fredrik Salomonsson
2021-09-05  1:31     ` Christine Lemmer-Webber
2021-09-06 17:07       ` Christine Lemmer-Webber
2021-09-06 19:37         ` Fredrik Salomonsson
2021-09-06 20:50           ` Christine Lemmer-Webber
2021-09-06 23:59             ` Fredrik Salomonsson
2021-09-07  1:13               ` Fredrik Salomonsson
2021-09-07  4:36       ` Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli
2021-09-07 18:18         ` Christine Lemmer-Webber
2021-09-07 20:07           ` Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli
2021-09-08 10:32             ` Christine Lemmer-Webber
2021-09-08 16:47               ` Vagrant Cascadian
2021-09-08 18:10                 ` Christine Lemmer-Webber
2021-09-09 14:10                 ` Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli
2021-09-08 18:08               ` Christine Lemmer-Webber
2021-08-18  0:36 ` Jonathan McHugh [this message]
2021-08-29 19:10   ` Joshua Branson
2021-08-29 21:38   ` Jonathan McHugh
2021-08-29 23:27     ` Joshua Branson
2021-08-30  9:02     ` Jonathan McHugh

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