Am 18.04.2019 um 04:44 schrieb Katherine Cox-Buday: > Hey all, > > I brought this up in IRC tonight, and I thought I'd cast a net on the > mailing list to collect experiences. I am considering purchasing a > Librem laptop, and I was curious how Guix runs on it. Would anyone who > has these laptops (especially if you have a version with the TPM and > head) care to write up an experience-report? > > Also, would it make sense for us to have a package specifically for > hardware like this to make it easier to build install images for the > machines? Even if the packages don't do much, there is still value in > declaring that the specific configuration of hardware has been > investigated, and is supported. > Guix runs on two of my coreboot machines: the ThinkPad X200 and the Vikings D16. Since the Librem laptop has Intel ME, it won't respect privacy and freedom. [1] The Talos II [2] and the upcoming PowerPC notebook [3] do not have that problem. Currently I am working on a port to Guix to PPC64EL so that I can use Guix on my Talos II.
Tobias [1] https://www.fsf.org/blogs/sysadmin/the-management-engine-an-attack-on-computer-users-freedom [2] https://www.raptorcs.com/ [3] https://www.powerpc-notebook.org/en/
