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I'd recommend going with another vendor than Ministry of Freedom (by Leah Rowe). I ordered a laptop from there and it took months to get the payment processed a

I'd recommend going with another vendor than Ministry of Freedom (by Leah Rowe). I ordered a laptop from there and it took months to get the payment processed and the laptop shipped, with barely any contact in between. I thought it was very unprofessional and it definitely was the worst online shopping experience I've had so far. Expect to wait at least three weeks for every time you send them an email. The laptop is OK, though it was dirty when it arrived. It had a bunch of some kind of sticker glue on it.

endgame 10y ago
Any vendors you'd recommend? (Non-x86 is fine.)
- yuhong 10y ago
  Personally I think the FSF ideology taken too far is pretty ridiculous anyway.
  - yjftsjthsd-h 10y ago
    Any reason? I'm not sure I disagree, but it would be helpful for you to provide some justification for calling them "ridiculous".
    - yuhong 10y ago
      microcode updates, for one
- cryptarch 10y ago
  This is the only other option that has the FSF RYF certificate: https://shop.libiquity.com/product/taurinus-x200 https://shop.libiquity.com/product/taurinus-x200 One piece of hardware I'm very excited about is LowRISC: they're developing a fully open-source SoC, including open source chips, SoC and firmware. I think it's the most promising platform for formally verified computing, because it's open and thus possible to model and verify all the way down.
  - endgame 10y ago
    Thank you, but it doesn't ship outside the US. Are you aware of any other decent libreboot machines, even if they can't be liberated end-to-end?
    - cryptarch 10y ago
      I'm afraid I don't know of any premade options. I've been considering building my own and have recently dropped out to start working for myself; I'm thinking, perhaps I could build one for you? It'd depend on how soon you need it and to what spec, as I'll have to source it from scratch. If you leave some means of contacting you I will, I'm quite interested in building these things for another purpose than "I like having and making these".
      - endgame 10y ago
        I'm passively looking for a machine at the moment but not really actively looking yet - this one's still got a fair amount of life in it. If you want to reach me, the email in my profile works. Are you planning to do a libre hardware startup or something?
        cryptarch 10y ago
        I don't currently have much of a plan aside from "do contracting for personal development and sustenance, while looking for interesting opportunities". "Secure hardware + software for the masses" is one area I'd really like to work on.

endgame 10y ago

Any vendors you'd recommend? (Non-x86 is fine.)

yuhong 10y ago
Personally I think the FSF ideology taken too far is pretty ridiculous anyway.
- yjftsjthsd-h 10y ago
  Any reason? I'm not sure I disagree, but it would be helpful for you to provide some justification for calling them "ridiculous".
  - yuhong 10y ago
    microcode updates, for one
cryptarch 10y ago
This is the only other option that has the FSF RYF certificate: https://shop.libiquity.com/product/taurinus-x200 https://shop.libiquity.com/product/taurinus-x200 One piece of hardware I'm very excited about is LowRISC: they're developing a fully open-source SoC, including open source chips, SoC and firmware. I think it's the most promising platform for formally verified computing, because it's open and thus possible to model and verify all the way down.
- endgame 10y ago
  Thank you, but it doesn't ship outside the US. Are you aware of any other decent libreboot machines, even if they can't be liberated end-to-end?
  - cryptarch 10y ago
    I'm afraid I don't know of any premade options. I've been considering building my own and have recently dropped out to start working for myself; I'm thinking, perhaps I could build one for you? It'd depend on how soon you need it and to what spec, as I'll have to source it from scratch. If you leave some means of contacting you I will, I'm quite interested in building these things for another purpose than "I like having and making these".
    - endgame 10y ago
      I'm passively looking for a machine at the moment but not really actively looking yet - this one's still got a fair amount of life in it. If you want to reach me, the email in my profile works. Are you planning to do a libre hardware startup or something?
      - cryptarch 10y ago
        I don't currently have much of a plan aside from "do contracting for personal development and sustenance, while looking for interesting opportunities". "Secure hardware + software for the masses" is one area I'd really like to work on.