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I didn't realize the significance of this, but searched a bit more, and found this: > OpenBSD/loongson is a port intended to run on systems based upon the Loo

I didn't realize the significance of this, but searched a bit more, and found this: > OpenBSD/loongson is a port intended to run on systems based upon the Loongson (also known as Godson) 2E and 2F MIPS-compatible processors, using the PMON firmware and boot loader > ... > Supported hardware: > Lemote Yeeloong netbook [1] The Lemote Yeeloong rang a bell, since it's one of the few computers that's "built on free software from the BIOS up" that was recommended by Richard Stallman [2]. Glad the effort to run this is still going strong and supporting the latest version of OpenBSD, released in May! [1] https://www.openbsd.org/loongson.html https://www.openbsd.org/loongson.html [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemote https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemote

Fnoord 7y ago
Stallman's Lemote Yeelong got stolen while on a business trip. He has not been able to replace it with the same model because no longer made / sold out, so he is using a less free laptop now (forgot which, and might've changed).
- jraph 7y ago
  It seems he is using a Thinkpad T400s computer with Libreboot [1] endorsed by the FSF. [1] https://stallman.org/stallman-computing.html https://stallman.org/stallman-computing.html
- Mediterraneo10 7y ago
  > Stallman's Lemote Yeelong got stolen while on a business trip. Interesting, I never heard that story before. Did he use full-disk encryption? One could presume that Stallman has signing keys for some GNU projects, so wouldn't the loss of his personal computer represent a major security issue?
  - johannes1234321 7y ago
    Only if he has signing keys on a mobile computer he takes on travel ... Which isn't a good idea to begin with. (And yes, one could argue that a disk in an office or server could be stolen as well, whereas a laptop is in sight and loss is noted immediately, but I won't agree)
- INTPenis 7y ago
  Aww I wish I had known. I actually gave my lemote laptop away becauee it was just gathering dust. Would have proudly given him mine.
  - Fnoord 7y ago
    I wish I had one. I would have proudly given him mine. I wonder if he'd accept it, given that he'd perhaps reason it would force me to give up my ehh.., freedom, I guess.
    - LukeShu 7y ago
      They're less well supported nowadays than they were. For instance, they used to be well supported by Parabola (one of the FSF-endorsed distros), but since then Parabola's dropped support for MIPS, because every Parabola developer working on MIPS either had their Yeelong crap out or get stolen; and they're hard to replace. Also, MIPS has never been supported by Trisquel (another FSF-endorsed distro), and I suspect that since the lead Trisquel developer has since been hired as the senior sysadmin at the FSF, he gets some value out of giving RMS a laptop running Trisquel.
      - mattl 7y ago
        Ruben is now the CTO at the FSF :)
- PedroBatista 7y ago
  A Surface Pro? :)

Fnoord 7y ago

Stallman's Lemote Yeelong got stolen while on a business trip. He has not been able to replace it with the same model because no longer made / sold out, so he is using a less free laptop now (forgot which, and might've changed).

jraph 7y ago
It seems he is using a Thinkpad T400s computer with Libreboot [1] endorsed by the FSF. [1] https://stallman.org/stallman-computing.html https://stallman.org/stallman-computing.html
Mediterraneo10 7y ago
> Stallman's Lemote Yeelong got stolen while on a business trip. Interesting, I never heard that story before. Did he use full-disk encryption? One could presume that Stallman has signing keys for some GNU projects, so wouldn't the loss of his personal computer represent a major security issue?
- johannes1234321 7y ago
  Only if he has signing keys on a mobile computer he takes on travel ... Which isn't a good idea to begin with. (And yes, one could argue that a disk in an office or server could be stolen as well, whereas a laptop is in sight and loss is noted immediately, but I won't agree)
INTPenis 7y ago
Aww I wish I had known. I actually gave my lemote laptop away becauee it was just gathering dust. Would have proudly given him mine.
- Fnoord 7y ago
  I wish I had one. I would have proudly given him mine. I wonder if he'd accept it, given that he'd perhaps reason it would force me to give up my ehh.., freedom, I guess.
  - LukeShu 7y ago
    They're less well supported nowadays than they were. For instance, they used to be well supported by Parabola (one of the FSF-endorsed distros), but since then Parabola's dropped support for MIPS, because every Parabola developer working on MIPS either had their Yeelong crap out or get stolen; and they're hard to replace. Also, MIPS has never been supported by Trisquel (another FSF-endorsed distro), and I suspect that since the lead Trisquel developer has since been hired as the senior sysadmin at the FSF, he gets some value out of giving RMS a laptop running Trisquel.
    - mattl 7y ago
      Ruben is now the CTO at the FSF :)
PedroBatista 7y ago
A Surface Pro? :)