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libreleah, 9 months ago to random

Libreboot laptops on https://minifree.org/ now come with 1TB SSD or 2TB SSD; the 480GB SSD option is gone, and now 1TB is the default. 2TB is the upgrade option.

I sell laptops with Libreboot pre-installed, and your choice of Linux distro or a BSD (e.g. OpenBSD, FreeBSD).

Libreboot replaces proprietary BIOS/UEFI firmware, offering faster boot speeds and greater security than proprietary firmware. I'm the founder of Libreboot, and its lead developer. These sales fund my work, and my research.

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libreleah, 7 months ago to random

I've temporarily reduced the price of the Libreboot T440p on https://minifree.org/ - the base price was £338, now it's £298. A reduction of £40, and the other RAM/SSD combos have been reduced too. (by £40)

I sell Libreboot pre-installed with Debian, other Linux distro or a BSD of your choice. Libreboot replaces proprietary BIOS/UEFI firmware; I'm also the founder and lead developer of the Libreboot project. Minifree sales fund my work.

Libreboot X230 also reduced: was 298 base, now 278 base.

libreleah, 10 months ago to random

Random fun fact: moss (that green stuff you see growing on things outside) has photovoltaic properties. It can be used to actually generate electricity.

Here's a nice article about that:

https://iaac.net/project/moss-voltaics/

Literal green technology.

libreleah, 4 months ago to random

Libreboot T440p is back in stock! https://minifree.org/product/libreboot-t440p/

This is one of the most popular machines I sell on Minifree, based on Intel Haswell gen. It comes with Libreboot preinstalled, which replaces proprietary BIOS/UEFI firmware, offering greater security and reliability.

Your choice of Debian Linux, other distro or a BSD system (e.g. OpenBSD, FreeBSD).

I'm the founder of Libreboot, and its lead developer. There was also a recent release. I conduct these Minifree sales to fund the project.

libreleah, 19 days ago to random

I sell Libreboot, and Libreboot accessories.

https://minifree.org/

libreleah, 6 months ago to random

I'm happy to announce price reductions, for several upgrades on https://minifree.org/ -

• Libreboot T440p: £20 reduction on quad-core upgrades (i7-4700MQ) - now 60, not 80

• Libreboot T440p and X230: £20 reduction on 2TB SSD upgrades - now 40, not 60

• T440p and X230: £20 reduction on 2nd SSD

Libreboot installed. I'm Libreboot founder, and lead dev; sales fund my work. Libreboot replaces proprietary BIOS/UEFI firmware, improving security and it boots faster

Your choice of Linux distro/BSD

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libreleah, 6 months ago to random

If any of my readers are competent web designers, please get in touch. I don't need anything fancy (probably very little / no backend code).

I know someone who is working on a graphics design project, and their work is very good. They've asked me to set up a website for them.

I will maintain all the infrastructure, set up emails etc, I'm competent at that - but I suck at web design. I used to do it, in the 2000s, but my knowledge now is quite dated.

So, I wish to hire. Please get in touch!

libreleah, 2 months ago to random

I've made another change to pricing, for the Libreboot T440p on https://minifree.org/product/libreboot-t440p/

I was (with the current discount) selling the default spec with 1366x768 screen at £398, with the 1920x1080 screen being a £60 upgrade at £458 -

Now I sell only with 1920x1080 screen, but I've reduced by £60 so that it's £398. Heavily upgraded.

Libreboot replaces proprietary BIOS/UEFI; I run the project, and use sales the fund it. Your choice of Debian Linux, other distro or a BSD e.g. FreeBSD, OpenBSD.

libreleah, 6 months ago to random

I suck at photography.

Today is 16 November 2023, the 1-year anniversary of OSBoot and Libreboot merging to become a single, unified project; this is what birthed the Libreboot Binary Blob Reduction Policy, leading to about 2-3x as many boards supported in Libreboot. Libreboot today far surpasses both erstwhile projects: https://libreboot.org/news/policy.html

To celebrate, I've finally updated the T440p pic on https://minifree.org/; it used to show osboot. This new photo is of a T440p with Libreboot on it.

libreleah, 6 months ago to random

Nice paywall blocker:

Use "Bypass Paywalls Firefox Clean" https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-firefox-clean

It was nuked from the mozilla addon store due to DCMA order so you know it's legit. Source code on git. You can just install it from their repo. I use it and it's great.

there is also one that should work on chromium but i don't use it: https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-chrome-clean

With this, one can read sites like New York Times easily. I also recommend Ublock Origin adblocker, Privacy Badger and "I still don't care about cookies"

libreleah, 3 months ago to random

I lowered the Libreboot 9020 price: base spec was £398, now it's 338. Also: MT variant is now available in the drop-down menu. SFF is ITX/compact form factor, ATX is a full tower.

Available here: https://minifree.org/product/libreboot-9020/

Libreboot preinstalled, replacing proprietary BIOS/UEFI, offering greater security and fast boot speeds. I'm Libreboot's founder and lead developer; sales fund Libreboot. Debian Linux preinstalled, but you can request a different distro or BSD, e.g. FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD.

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libreleah, 2 months ago to random

My modded Libreboot 9020 is now available to buy. Same URL:

https://minifree.org/product/libreboot-9020/

Vents cut in top/side of the case (with dust filters). Noctua NH-L9x65 CPU cooler. CPU re-lidded (liquid metal on IHS). Now 90w CPUs run safely; Minifree sells i7-4790k.

32GB RAM + GPU upgrades (AMD Radeon RX 6400 on 9020 SFF and 6600XT on 9020 MT).

Libreboot replaces proprietary BIOS/UEFI. Debian Linux, other distro or BSD at your option e.g. OpenBSD, FreeBSD. I'm Libreboot's lead dev; sales fund Libreboot.

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libreleah, 7 months ago to random

Libreboot 20231021 released!

https://libreboot.org/news/libreboot20231021.html

• New October 2023 coreboot revision on most boards
• New October 2023 U-Boot revision on gru_bob and gru_kevin boards
• LUKS2 support (with argon2) added in the GRUB payload
• 4 new mainboards: HP EliteBook 2170p, Dell Precision T1650, Dell Latitude E6430, HP EliteBook 8470p
• Build system re-written, in much cleaner coding style (50% less code, but more features)
• Serprog firmware now available (RP2040 and STM32 boards) (for SPI flashing)

libreleah, 4 months ago to random

1920x1080 screens now available for the Libreboot 820 sold here: https://minifree.org/product/libreboot-820/

This is an Intel Broadwell series laptop that I started selling recently. It comes with Librebot preinstalled and your choice of Linux/BSD along with 16GB RAM and 1TB SSD.

I initially sold with 1366x768 screen resolution but I now provide 1080p panels as an upgrade option.

I'm the lead developer of Libreboot. Minifree sales fund my work. Libreboot is free software replacing proprietary BIOS/UEFI firmware.

libreleah, 7 months ago to random

I feel like randomly promoting a really good free software project. That project is none other than SourceHut: https://sourcehut.org/ - and the main instance of it is here: https://sr.ht/

It's a very unique git forge in that it's predicated around use of a mailing list, but it has everything else you'd possibly want built right in, like CI, tickets, really good markdown parsing, and generally it's just very efficient.

Very lightweight forge, and it works without JavaScript turned on.

libreleah, 9 months ago to random

This customer is getting FreeBSD. Libreboot T440p laptop, with stable release FreeBSD 13.2 and Xfce. Everything configured.

Yeah and the first thing I do is install Vim when configuring a system, FreeBSD included!

My company: https://minifree.org/

I sell laptops with Libreboot pre-installed, which replaces proprietary BIOS/UEFI firmware. Libreboot offers greater security and faster boot speeds, plus many more features. I'm the lead developer and founder of Libreboot; sales fund the project.

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libreleah, 1 month ago to random

I've once again greatly reduced the Libreboot 9020 price. Base price for SFF now £258.

I've done this by excluding certain upgrades by default; i7-4790k, noctua fans, 32GB RAM upgrades etc are now add-ons. Base spec now i5-4570, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD.

I've split SFF/MT into separate product pages. See:

https://minifree.org/product/libreboot-9020-sff/

https://minifree.org/product/libreboot-9020-mt/

This is a desktop machine with Libreboot pre-installed, replacing proprietary BIOS. Your choice of Debian Linux, other distro or a BSD system.

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libreleah, 9 months ago to random

Random fun fact: Chile was building an analog of our modern internet way back in the 1970s. A massive, national communications network for business and government to coordinate efficiently. The engineer (Stafford Beer) who designed it was from Surrey, in the UK, and worked for the Allende goverment that was building this system.

After the 1973 coup, General Pinochet had the system destroyed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Cybersyn

Had it caught on, we might have had global internet in our homes in the 1970s.

libreleah, 3 months ago to random

I'm running a temporary discount sale on MInifree. All computers are £20 off. See:

https://minifree.org/

Libreboot preinstalled, and your choice of Debian Linux, other distro or a BSD, e.g. OpenBSD, FreeBSD.

Libreboot replaces proprietary BIOS/UEFI firmware, offering faster boot speeds and greater control. Linux/BSD systems fully supported. You can reconfigure it however you wish.

I'm Libreboot's founder and lead developer. Sales fund Libreboot; also, Libreboot 20240225 came out recently!

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libreleah, 3 months ago to random

I've recently been exploring passive cooling options on some desktop computers.

Needless to say, I'm a fan.

libreleah, 6 months ago to random

It's 20 November 2023: Transgender Day of Remembrance.

I choose to honour the memory of David Kirk Ginder, a non-binary person who died by suicide on 27 June 2021, due to bullying by neo-nazi scum.

David was known online as byuu (later "near"), author of bsnes (later "higan") which is a free/opensource SNES emulator. This project even used it: https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/The-Silicon-Valley-quest-to-preserve-Stephen-12759775.php

Emulators are what inspired me to study computing in the 2000s. I studied byuu's work. It inspired many other people.

RIP byuu

libreleah, 1 month ago to random

I'm running a temporary discount sale on Libreboot X230 and T440p. The discount will last until around May 5th. See:

https://minifree.org/product/libreboot-t440p/

https://minifree.org/product/libreboot-x230/

These ThinkPads come with Libreboot preinstalled, replacing the BIOS with Free Software. Libreboot offers advanced security features such as LUKS2 support in flash (GRUB payload) and faster boot speeds.

Your choice of Debian Linux, other distro or a BSD with full driver support. I run the Libreboot project; sales to fund my work.

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libreleah, 1 month ago to random

When I do a Dell 9020 with Libreboot, any variant, I replace every fan with quieter Noctua fans which are premium quality designed in Austria - by comparison, the stock Dell fans are cheap, loud Chinese design.

Dell uses a non-standard connector, electrically compatible with regular PWM standard.

Adapters are available, but add greatly to cost and cable length, so I chop the old cable and solder it. Double-insulated; each wire insulated then all together, with heatshrink.

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libreleah, 1 month ago to random

Just did my civic duty: I voted in today's local council elections (UK elections).

I backed the loser, if polls are to be believed, but that's OK.

Fun fact, I used to be a member of the UK Labour party, even ran for local elections in my local area; at the time, I was proud to beat the local liberal democrat in the ward I fought. 2018 local elections, Castle Point:

https://www.castlepoint.gov.uk/download.cfm?doc=docm93jijm4n3476.pdf&ver=5773

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Castle_Point_Borough_Council_election

I don't support the Labour party anymore. My views have changed since then :)

libreleah, 13 days ago to random

We have more Dell Latitude ports under review for Libreboot. If anyone has Latitude E6220, E6320, E6330, E6230 please do:

Boot with linux kernel option at boot time: iomem=relaxed

Now download coreboot via git:

git clone https://review.coreboot.org/coreboot

in there, util/intelvbttool

go in there and type "make"

./intelvbttool -l -v data.vbt

as root, in that directory, do this intelvbttool command, send it to me: info@minifree.org

The VBT configures a few things and is needed for backlight control.