Re: [libreplanet-discuss] libreboot workshop at libreplanet 2018

2018-03-26 Thread Arthur Torrey
Many thanks to all that helped me over the course of the conference to get two of my laptops flashed w/ Libreboot - a T400 and a T500... I still need to install an O/S on them, but they both boot up into Grub as expected. (Right now I'm working through several days backlog of e-mails...) It

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] libreboot workshop at libreplanet 2018

2018-03-24 Thread Leah Rowe
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hi Patrick, On 22/03/18 17:02, Patrick McDermott wrote: > On 2018-03-21 at 01:31, Leah Rowe wrote: >> Please confirm via reply on this list, if you're willing to >> commit to this. > > I'll be at the conference, and I've packed some equipment. >

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] libreboot workshop at libreplanet 2018

2018-03-24 Thread Leah Rowe
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hi Patrick, On 22/03/18 17:02, Patrick McDermott wrote: > On 2018-03-21 at 01:31, Leah Rowe wrote: >> Please confirm via reply on this list, if you're willing to >> commit to this. > > I'll be at the conference, and I've packed some equipment. >

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] libreboot workshop at libreplanet 2018

2018-03-22 Thread Patrick McDermott
On 2018-03-21 at 01:31, Leah Rowe wrote: > Please confirm via reply on this list, if you're willing to commit to > this. I'll be at the conference, and I've packed some equipment. Look for me [1] in a gray Libiquity polo shirt. [1]: http://www.libiquity.com/media/images/patrick-mcdermott.jpg >

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] libreboot workshop at libreplanet 2018

2018-03-22 Thread Leah Rowe
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hi John, On 22/03/18 15:11, John Sullivan wrote: > We'll do our best to promote it at all opportunities, but at this > late stage, everyone who updates the sites is very swamped -- one > thing that would be helpful that anyone could do is add

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] libreboot workshop at libreplanet 2018

2018-03-22 Thread Leah Rowe
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 John, Could you add a note about the unofficial workshop we're doing, and put the note somewhere on the Libreboot site? e.g. on https://libreplanet.org/2018/program/ and https://libreplanet.org/2018/social/ Just a note somewhere, linking to our

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] libreboot workshop at libreplanet 2018

2018-03-22 Thread Leah Rowe
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 oh! btw, although the T61 mainboard is incompatible with coreboot/libreboot, you *could* bring a T60 mainboard with you (make sure it has an Intel GPU, not ATI). You can fit a T60 mainboard into the T61 chassis, and then flash libreboot. If you

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] libreboot workshop at libreplanet 2018

2018-03-22 Thread Leah Rowe
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hi Arthur, On 22/03/18 00:16, Arthur Torrey wrote: > I am delighted to hear this - I had actually asked about this very > thing earlier in the week and had been told it wasn't happening > this year, glad that it is going to happen informally at

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] libreboot workshop at libreplanet 2018

2018-03-21 Thread John Sullivan
Leah Rowe writes: > We now have an official news post about the libreboot installation > workshop at LibrePlanet: > > https://libreboot.org/news/libreplanet2018-workshop.html Note that we will *not* be able to accommodate flashing in the room at the conference that is

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] libreboot workshop at libreplanet 2018

2018-03-21 Thread Leah Rowe
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 We now have an official news post about the libreboot installation workshop at LibrePlanet: https://libreboot.org/news/libreplanet2018-workshop.html Swift Geek and I worked it during this morning today. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] libreboot workshop at libreplanet 2018

2018-03-21 Thread Pradhan Rishi Sharma
I agree with John's suggestions, and I'd like to add one thing to second point here >The FSF office space and the speaker/volunteer/staff lounge at MIT >are unfortunately already oversubscribed before and during the >conference and won't be good for this generally. *But* Saturday night at >the

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] libreboot workshop at libreplanet 2018

2018-03-21 Thread Leah Rowe
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 https://notabug.org/libreboot/libreboot/src/a7abf64d82a18ce4c33293a5c532 9a046afcb2d2/www/news/libreplanet2018-workshop.md not merged on the site yet, but I've asked Andrew Robbins or Swift Geek on #libreboot IRC to merge it. On 21/03/18 11:13,

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] libreboot workshop at libreplanet 2018

2018-03-21 Thread Leah Rowe
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 ok i'm issuing a news post as pull request on libreboot.org now. Now that I have John's approval, I definitely feel confident about this. On 21/03/18 03:01, John Sullivan wrote: > I think this is great, a couple notes to help: > > 1) Confirmed

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] libreboot workshop at libreplanet 2018

2018-03-20 Thread John Sullivan
I think this is great, a couple notes to help: 1) Confirmed that even though we couldn't get dedicated space, there are indeed many tables and chairs/benches in the common areas at the conference, which AFAICT could be used for flashing during the days on Saturday and Sunday. 2) The FSF office