Re: Guix on the MNT Reform

[Joshua Branson]

"Jonathan McHugh" <indieterminacy@libre.brussels> writes:

> Hi Joshua,
>
> 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.

I'm down for that!  I'm actually hoping to crowdfund/purchase a Raptor
server.  There's a local ISP in town here.  Most of the businesses use
it.  I could approach them and ask how much it would cost to host a
server at their property.  Then it's just a matter of convincing people
to help me raise $9,000.  Something like, let's get a Guix Power9 build
server that guix people can hack on.  If you give $10, you get a
guix.gnu.org/~username webpage/gemini webpage for a year.  If you donate
$20, you get the previous perks plus an email account and so on.  Would
you like to help me work on this?

>
> 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.

That 32GB RAM server is for sale!  For $200 I can sell it to you for
16GB of RAM.  For $300 I can sell it for 16GB of RAM.  If you live in
the U.S., shipping would be pretty easy.

>
> 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

Haha.  Chris Lemmer-Webber wrote the guide.  I just put it in the
cookbook.  :)

>
> 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?).

I interview him a week or two ago?  He's got some really ambitious
plans for it.  He's also hiring for hardware/software developers.

https://video.hardlimit.com/videos/watch/da57d61c-b2e9-473c-9ed0-9390bf610f67

(The video is also available on the non-free platform.  You know which
one).  :)

https://libre-soc.org/

>
> 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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