"Jonathan McHugh" <[email protected]> writes: > Hi Joshua, > > It does appear from the website that 4GB is the peak. It would be nice > to take advantage of the open schematics and replace enough hardware > to overcome this but that would be wasteful indulgence. > > Personally, I probably should prioritise a solid desktop/server to > handle more onerous chores (such as buildfarming and compiling). And > also a superb external keyboard... and then wait until the wheels fall > off one of my laptops machines.
I'm down for that! I'm actually hoping to crowdfund/purchase a Raptor server. There's a local ISP in town here. Most of the businesses use it. I could approach them and ask how much it would cost to host a server at their property. Then it's just a matter of convincing people to help me raise $9,000. Something like, let's get a Guix Power9 build server that guix people can hack on. If you give $10, you get a guix.gnu.org/~username webpage/gemini webpage for a year. If you donate $20, you get the previous perks plus an email account and so on. Would you like to help me work on this? > > Im still jealous of your 32GB Ram server, if you have enough ICT > signal you may as well switch to a leaner laptop which interacts with > your mothership. That 32GB RAM server is for sale! For $200 I can sell it to you for 16GB of RAM. For $300 I can sell it for 16GB of RAM. If you live in the U.S., shipping would be pretty easy. > > FYI, Im getting increasing satisfaction from Gemini - so my RAM needs should > be shrinking considerably. > > Also, because of the Guix Linode cookbook (thanks guys!) I even got around to > pushing out a Gemini capsule. > => > https://guix.gnu.org/en/cookbook/en/html_node/Running-Guix-on-a-Linode-Server.html#Running-Guix-on-a-Linode-Server Haha. Chris Lemmer-Webber wrote the guide. I just put it in the cookbook. :) > > Im really pleased that Guix is getting a grip on how to manage open hardware > and more FOSS centric infrastructure. > > Thanks for the pointer re Luke Leighton, i hope to investigate that > down the road. Also, curious about the intersection between the MNT > Reform team and Amiga hardware (extensions?). I interview him a week or two ago? He's got some really ambitious plans for it. He's also hiring for hardware/software developers. https://video.hardlimit.com/videos/watch/da57d61c-b2e9-473c-9ed0-9390bf610f67 (The video is also available on the non-free platform. You know which one). :) https://libre-soc.org/ > > Kind regards, > > Jonathan > > August 29, 2021 9:10 PM, "Joshua Branson" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> "Jonathan McHugh" <[email protected]> writes: >> >>> I hope you are enjoying the mechanical keyboard, it seems great! >> >> The MNT reform does seem like my dream laptop. I do want a mechanical >> keyboard. What's the max RAM on the reform? I thought it was 4GB? >> Sounds pretty low... >> >> Though I do like what Luke Leighton is doing with the power SOC/GPU. >> >>> ==================== >>> Jonathan McHugh >>> [email protected] >>> >>> August 17, 2021 7:24 PM, "Christine Lemmer-Webber" <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi! Well my MNT Reform arrived. I'd like to start putting Guix on it >>>> but I'm kind of low on time right now... >>>> >>>> I wonder if anyone else has started making progress towards this? >>>> >>>> What I'd love: a tutorial that says "here are the steps to make an sd >>>> card you can boot your reform with"! >>>> >>>> Christopher Lemmer Webber writes: >>> >>> I'm very excited to see the MNT Reform launch: >>> >>> https://www.crowdsupply.com/mnt/reform >>> https://www.crowdsupply.com/mnt/reform/updates/the-campaign-is-live >>> >>> Completely hackable laptop; all the designs (that are possible) are >>> libre, and you can even 3d print to replace many of the parts. >> >> -- >> Joshua Branson (jab in #guix) >> Sent from Emacs and Gnus >> https://gnucode.me >> https://video.hardlimit.com/accounts/joshua_branson/video-channels >> https://propernaming.org >> "You can have whatever you want, as long as you help >> enough other people get what they want." - Zig Ziglar -- Joshua Branson (jab in #guix) Sent from Emacs and Gnus https://gnucode.me https://video.hardlimit.com/accounts/joshua_branson/video-channels https://propernaming.org "You can have whatever you want, as long as you help enough other people get what they want." - Zig Ziglar
