Re: Guix on the MNT Reform

["Jonathan McHugh" <indieterminacy@libre.brussels>]

Hi Joshua,

The promise of a good laptop keyboard is making me reminisent of my old Sony VAIO GRV680 (still stored away for refashioning one day.... Admittedly it was more of a desktop replacement laptop than a lean setup.).

It does appear from the website that 4GB is the peak. It would be nice to take advantage of the open schematics and replace enough hardware to overcome this but that would be wasteful indulgence.

Personally, I probably should prioritise a solid desktop/server to handle more onerous chores (such as buildfarming and compiling). And also a superb external keyboard... and then wait until the wheels fall off one of my laptops machines.

Im still jealous of your 32GB Ram server, if you have enough ICT signal you may as well switch to a leaner laptop which interacts with your mothership.

FYI, Im getting increasing satisfaction from Gemini - so my RAM needs should be shrinking considerably. 

Also, because of the Guix Linode cookbook (thanks guys!) I even got around to pushing out a Gemini capsule.
=> https://guix.gnu.org/en/cookbook/en/html_node/Running-Guix-on-a-Linode-Server.html#Running-Guix-on-a-Linode-Server

Im really pleased that Guix is getting a grip on how to manage open hardware and more FOSS centric infrastructure.

Thanks for the pointer re Luke Leighton, i hope to investigate that down the road. Also, curious about the intersection between the MNT Reform team and Amiga hardware (extensions?).


Kind regards,


Jonathan


August 29, 2021 9:10 PM, "Joshua Branson" <jbranso@dismail.de> wrote:

> "Jonathan McHugh" <indieterminacy@libre.brussels> writes:
> 
>> I hope you are enjoying the mechanical keyboard, it seems great!
> 
> The MNT reform does seem like my dream laptop. I do want a mechanical
> keyboard. What's the max RAM on the reform? I thought it was 4GB?
> Sounds pretty low...
> 
> Though I do like what Luke Leighton is doing with the power SOC/GPU.
> 
>> ====================
>> 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.
> 
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