-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 I would like to point out, that the price recently halved, compared to the launch price. It is now at reasonable levels.
> Desktop/workstation version: > https://minifree.org/product/libreboot-d16/ > > Server version: https://minifree.org/product/libreboot-d16-server/ On 30/12/16 14:19, Leah Rowe wrote: > Hi all, > > Minifree has launched a new freedom-friendly computer. Two, in > fact. > > Desktop/workstation version: > https://minifree.org/product/libreboot-d16/ > > Server version: https://minifree.org/product/libreboot-d16-server/ > > This is a high-end AMD server platform, being sold in server and > extended ATX (desktop/workstation) form factor. It comes with > Debian and Libreboot preinstalled. > > This is the first modern commercial system available today that can > be configured to run entirely free software; first Debian, the OS, > and then libreboot, a free/libre BIOS implementation. With Debian > and Libreboot, this is a fully free system containing zero binary > blobs of any kind. > > This has positive implications for security in terms of > audability, and therefore privacy in general (no backdoors!). It's > also free software friendly, so there are zero binary blobs and > zero proprietary software running on it in the OS or BIOS. You have > all of the four freedoms over each part of the boot process, which > means that you the user are in full control. > > For the first time ever, it is possible for companies to use > libreboot-enabled hardware. > > The problem so far with Libreboot and Minifree is that it only > focussed on low-end hardware. The launch of the D16 Server and D16 > Desktop changes that. With this hardware you can: > > * do actual, serious work e.g. programming or 3D modeling. > Software development nowadays requires powerful computers, because > software becomes more complex. The sheer amount of time to build > from source can be a problem on its own. The D16 can support up to > 16 fast AMD Opteron cores per CPU, and 2 CPUs are possible so 32 > cores in total. This is ideal for software development. * provide > professional hosting services for paying clients, and run a small > ISP * provide servers inside organisations * play modern games > (libre ones) * etc (anything that requires a fast computer, > basically) > > Spread the word! > > - -- Leah Rowe Libreboot developer Use free software. Free as in freedom. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software Use a free operating system, GNU+Linux. https://libreboot.org/docs/distros/ Or BSD: https://libreboot.org/docs/bsd/ Use a free BIOS. https://libreboot.org/ Support computer user freedom. https://peers.community/ Minifree Ltd, trading as Ministry of Freedom | Registered in England, No. 9361826 | VAT No. GB202190462 Registered Office: 19 Hilton Road, Canvey Island, Essex SS8 9QA, UK | Web: https://minifree.org/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJYcY/5AAoJEP9Ft0z50c+U2DAH/jeJi+6WiplKT0EJjtrMc5UF HTQGY/taAeXwmRmVgC/zFW7LQd1jESBVqQoMhSiKtTlJm1gq5VUCpXc5CF18YU9S sQQR0a1aeFfvj3SfRqHEQMVWY4uIVGdLZmV/GCjnnAltLFQGhM0AmL+cOKBlChlg Jt/QJVIwaSMF6+Kudd76a0hf3lgk87AeirRzqj+JDdwIE9RHSipJaEBcOCYIHb/f M30CsZDldISj6N5OPN0YoALVgBbmmLo2q5RUa/SIY/oafTLduUB5TEbL50ZlKD6G vau4fxwkI8o9kkt9F9fuFO5xC/xTtb2zc5VhSj/dx4fgc3+/sX7IUFYx8S81u6o= =otuI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- coreboot mailing list: [email protected] https://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
