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Really interesting, until you discover: 1. No price. 2. Bootloader is proprietary. 3. (less concerning) No performance data. It's really hard to buy this as
by dsr_ 6y ago
Really interesting, until you discover:
1. No price.
2. Bootloader is proprietary.
3. (less concerning) No performance data.
It's really hard to buy this as a security-focused open-source system without an open bootloader.
- jamesmd 6y agoI agree, the bootloader is a massive shame! Personally I’d rather go with a power9 based board. But let’s see where this goes, it’s certainly interesting.
- segfaultbuserr 6y ago> I agree, the bootloader is a massive shame! It reminds me of my Loongson 2F laptop powered by a Chinese MIPS processor, same model previously used by Richard Stallman. For a while (before Thinkpad X200), it was the go-to choice if one wanted a laptop with 100% free boot firmware and zero binary blob (the original boot firmware codebase is buggy and ancient, but with source, later GNU developers made it run GRUB 2). I got it just because it was an interesting non-x86 machine. It's a bit disappointing that a would-be Russian equivalent couldn't do the same (an understandable problem, the designers of the board have no control over it), otherwise it'll also be a more hackable and interesting platform, at least for those who are fans of exotic non-x86 systems and don't care about price or performance.
- djsumdog 6y agoSo it likely doesn't use BIOS or UEFI. I wonder if we're going to see the ARM situation where every distro will need a custom image just for this board/architecture. I wonder if we'll see support in mainline for this arch/platform.