Re: [Trisquel-users] raptor talos will make a lower priced mainboard, if you buy 10000

[leestrobel]

I'm a bit surprised there isn't more interest in this. Would anybody else be  
willing to pay $500-600 upfront for a fully open, modern mainboard  
alternative to Intel/AMD? Do people not think that target of 10,000 units  
could be achievable by crowdsourcing? I admit that I don't have a very solid  
handle on how big the free-software community is, but that price range seems  
much more accessible than the $2,300+ that Raptor are charging currently for  
their Talos II Workstation boards, which were mentioned in another thread.  
10,000 doesn't seem like it would be impossible.

Another question though: what is the status of this board/chipset regarding  
firmware? Has Coreboot/Libreboot been ported to it? If a Talos board landed  
on my doorstep tomorrow morning, could I actually run it? I assume yes, if  
they are currently selling Talos II ;-)