From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Gammel Holte Subject: GuixSD and free hardware Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 21:04:20 +0100 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a1141666c3e217b05222a2fc0 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49827) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZmolC-00060I-HT for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Oct 2015 16:04:23 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZmolB-0005t1-0w for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Oct 2015 16:04:22 -0400 Received: from mail-vk0-x230.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400c:c05::230]:35286) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZmolA-0005sC-T0 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Oct 2015 16:04:20 -0400 Received: by vkha6 with SMTP id a6so56254833vkh.2 for ; Thu, 15 Oct 2015 13:04:20 -0700 (PDT) List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: guix-devel@gnu.org --001a1141666c3e217b05222a2fc0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Hello everyone, as a user, I've joined Guix due to technical reasons (functional package management in Scheme) and focus on freedom (linux-libre kernel, etc). I guess many people here share these values. Freedom ultimately depends on the underlying hardware too. My goal is to do all my computing on devices that respect my freedom. Right now, this is mostly possible using rather old machines (e.g., MacBook 2,1 or Nokia N900) which bothers me a bit (hardware is slow and increasingly hard to buy). I would like to draw your attention to new Rockchip ARM machines (e.g. Asus C201). These are very cheap, easy to reflash and can be run without any blobs (except 3D acceleration, unless the Lima driver gets finished). They don't even need CPU microcdes. Paul Kocialkowski (of Replicant fame) recently added Libreboot support to the C201 [1]. In my opinion, it'd be really nice to have GuixSD polished on this architecture, so that users can buy one and get things going with minimal effort. Sort of a few reference devices like what BSD does with some Thinkpads. If running linux-libre, and wishing to have libreboot as a bootloader, there are not that many choices. There are also 2 devices (yet to be released) that might be fantastic to get GuixSD running on mobile phones: DragonBox Pyra [2] and Neo900 [3]. Cheers. [1] http://www.libreboot.org/docs/hcl/c201.html [2] https://boards.openpandora.org/pyramain/main/ [3] http://neo900.org/ --001a1141666c3e217b05222a2fc0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hello everyone,

as a user, I&#= 39;ve joined Guix due to technical reasons (functional package management i= n Scheme) and focus on freedom (linux-libre kernel, etc). I guess many peop= le here share these values.

Freedom ultimately depends on= the underlying hardware too. My goal is to do all my computing on devices = that respect my freedom. Right now, this is mostly possible using rather ol= d machines (e.g., MacBook 2,1 or Nokia N900) which bothers me a bit (hardwa= re is slow and increasingly hard to buy).

I would like to= draw your attention to new Rockchip ARM machines (e.g. Asus C201). These a= re very cheap, easy to reflash and can be run without any blobs (except 3D = acceleration, unless the Lima driver gets finished). They don't even ne= ed CPU microcdes. Paul Kocialkowski (of Replicant fame) recently added Libr= eboot support to the C201 [1].

In my opinion, it'd be= really nice to have GuixSD polished on this architecture, so that users ca= n buy one and get things going with minimal effort. Sort of a few reference= devices like what BSD does with some Thinkpads. If running linux-libre, an= d wishing to have libreboot as a bootloader, there are not that many choice= s.

There are also 2 devices (yet to be release= d) that might be fantastic to get GuixSD running on mobile phones: DragonBo= x Pyra [2] and Neo900 [3].

Cheers.
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