On Sun, 18 Sep 2011 22:28:18 -0400 Daniel Villarreal <[email protected]> wrote:
> I got a reply from Lemote, in regards to the Lynloong All-in-one PC. > > I wonder if the Lemote would consider extending the company's offer > of a system to those willing to contribute to the Lemote application > platform to OpenBSD developers. The website link from article from > the Beijing GNU/Linux User's Group, i.e. > http://clubbeautiful.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2:lemoteloongson-and-new-web-site-presentation&catid=4:archive&Itemid=7 > is http://dev.lemote.com > > Although I don't read Chinese, it appears that this project deals with > GNU/Linux. It seems logical to me that any organization willing to > develop free software would want the best software. > > Given that Lemote wishes to mass-produce computers for the rural > people of China, they would also need lots of servers. Any chance of > producing a multi-lingual installer ? > > Daniel Villarreal Lemote is a nice company, they design their machines to run without binary blobs and use a PMON BIOS which can be audited by those who care. This architecture is already supported well enough as a port in my experience. A nice thing about the architecture is that it is not x86 - specifically, out of fear bred from ignorance, I draw notice to it not containing this feature: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/System_Management_Mode#Problems Without this the hackers cannot turn my computer into a bomb. -- oh noes pidgeons
