Gregory's Server|
Fun fact: I don't work for free. Someone ordered my send-in service, sent me a machine to flash and I'm done (Libreboot and Debian installed), but: * They did not pay! I emailed them and won't send until I'm paid. * They sent it seemingly straight from ebay, with broken hinge, touchpad, screen and fan - I replaced these, since it costs me nothing. I fixed it up good. I have great work ethic and work pride, but I ask: If someone sends me machines to work on, pay me. Also don't send trash :D  Fun fact: fascism is bad. It's very, very bad and should be avoided at all costs. At *all* costs. I'm working on Minifree orders all weekend. I made sure to finish the recent Libreboot audit and do the new stable release so that I have something solid. The plan for Libreboot now is this: A bunch more Dell Latitude and Dell OptiPlex machines are viable for entry and will be included in the next testing release due mid-late July 2024. As part of that release, I'm also updating all of the revisions (coreboot and so on). ALSO: Libreboot Build System Audit 6 is already underway, in a branch.  > Run './RUNME.sh' to generate an ME image that bypasses BootGuard on the OptiPlex 3050. Very interesting! Is this just Dell has some weird/buggy BootGuard implementation or it could be possible on other desktops/laptops? How this bypass even work? Is it some undocumented IME feature? Someone *actually* sent this in for repair, thinking their warranty was still intact. Fun fact, garbage disposal costs extra. Just look at this fucking thing. Some people are just crazy. What sane person thinks it's OK to send this to me? I feel dirty just being in the same room with it.
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 @libreleah wtf, i did use my thinkpad to make holes in the wall and didn’t look bad even close to this :cirno_for_reals:  I did this for *me*. Dell OptiPlex 9020 SFF with Libreboot. i7-4790k (does not throttle!), 32GB RAM. AMD Radeon RX 6400 (Yeston!). NVMe SSD. ***Heavily*** modified. NH-L9x65 cooler. Fans mounted in rear. HDD/ODD cage removed. Rectangle cut out on front; Inner chassis cut so SATA SSD now screws in at the bottom-front (not the HDD cage that I removed), and intake fan at top-front. I *will* be selling these. I'm doing more testing; on TODO is 3D print a custom side panel with extra ventilation.
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 @libreleah Will the libreboot compatibility for that CPU series be listed on the hardware page? will this be something we can do ourselves I mean? That's a pretty good CPU for Libreboot support, unless somehow Ryzens are supported.  I lowered the Libreboot 9020 price: base spec was £398, now it's 338. Also: MT variant is now available in the drop-down menu. SFF is ITX/compact form factor, ATX is a full tower. Available here: https://minifree.org/product/libreboot-9020/ Libreboot preinstalled, replacing proprietary BIOS/UEFI, offering greater security and fast boot speeds. I'm Libreboot's founder and lead developer; sales fund Libreboot. Debian Linux preinstalled, but you can request a different distro or *BSD*, e.g. FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD. Libreboot 20240126 released! https://libreboot.org/news/libreboot20240126.html Highlights: * HP EliteBook 820 G2 added I also did this a few days ago but forgot to write the news page until today: https://canoeboot.org/news/canoeboot0.1.html @libreleah Wow. Quite a write up. 👏 Spoilt by the assertion that joining the EU = domestic and foreign policy being "controlled by other governments", which is untrue and was specifically refuted by the UK Conservative govt in the Brexit white paper on leaving the EU. Jointly agreeing matters of shared interest <> being controlled. Foreign policy isn't an EU competence. Domestic law is and always has been a matter for parliament to choose how and where to share sovereignty.  @libreleah Flashing can be risky business. Please ensure that you have external flashing equipment. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) Libreboot just got support for a really nice new laptop (HP EliteBook 2170p): https://libreboot.org/news/hp2170p.html This is the first of many. I have a lot more HP EliteBooks here that I'm working on (some Dell workstations too). I'm on a spree this week, adding new mainboards to Libreboot. Bram Moolenaar, creator of the Vim text editor, died this week, on 3 August 2023. https://groups.google.com/g/vim_announce/c/tWahca9zkt4 RIP Bram Moolenaar. You were a genius; Vim will always be the best text editor ever. In today's Libreboot news: ASUS KGPE-D16, KCMA-D8 and KFSN4-DRE mainboard support re-added. https://libreboot.org/news/fam15h.html Among other things. i did a thing https://codeberg.org/vimuser/rmac usage: ./rmac generates random mac address. can also specify e.g.: ./rmac 00:1f:16:??:??:?? or maybe ./rmac ??:??:??:??:??:?? ? means random. code taken from nvmutil, from libreboot. adapted into a standalone util. someone showed me their script that runs when they boot, and it uses all manner of... bash.... to generate random mac addresses. i wrote this for them, but decided to publish it. just a stupid simple utility pipe it to whatever you want. |
@libreleah@mas.to they paused invites to their discord LMAO. Gives off cowardly vibes.
@libreleah Stenzek frequently had to deal with people stealing his work. I'm sure that this license change will solve that problem nicely. /s
@libreleah pretty shure it's not legal to change from #GPLv3 to #proprietary legally unless all contributors signed off on this AND made a new project woth the same codebase as a hard fork.
- And even then it may be questionable.
Consider hinting that at #SoftwareFreedomConservancy, #BrucePerens and https://gpl-violations.org ...