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(DIR) Post #Az8TsS5sCFU8VZY0yu by bkuhn@fedi.copyleft.org
2025-09-29T17:52:31Z
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Over next 1-2 weeks,I'd appreciate an extended thread re: #FrameworkLaptop, #mntreform, & #FOSS.TL;DR on my idiosyncratic needs: * minimize binary firmware blobs¹ * Having 2 disks in RAID-1² * Runs stock Official #Debian stable³ * Understanding best current replacement keyboard options⁴ * Form factor that works for my travel needs.Is @frameworkcomputer or @mntmn better for me?I'd be glad if ∃ active engagement on this!#AskFedi #AskFediverse #Framework #OpenSource
(DIR) Post #Az8TsTSb7FFykLBg2a by bkuhn@fedi.copyleft.org
2025-10-12T11:02:21Z
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Just 8 days after I began this thread re: maybe switching to a #FrameworkLaptop, a scandal broke that #Framework directly funded toxic individual FOSS developers.It's not clear to me yet whether an outright boycott is warranted, but what's already obvious is Framework acts like a classic VC-funded tech startup in making foolish unforced errors in policy decision-making b/c they're too busy “moving fast & breaking things” to pay attention to important details (such as past CoC violations)…(1/3)
(DIR) Post #Az8TsUwPbshRL6909Q by bkuhn@fedi.copyleft.org
2025-10-12T11:31:18Z
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(3/3)…I've spent my entire career using #IBM laptops knowing this…https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_and_the_Holocaust…& then after IBM sold #Lenovo, I was then using laptops made by people w/ strong ties to a human-rights-violating regime.So, let's have perspective: IBM has still never apologized for *literally* helping the Nazis & #Framework may still be the “least evil” of *traditional* laptop companies. But, this incident does make me wanna desperately find way to make @mntmn's #MNTReform suit my computing needs.
(DIR) Post #Az8TsVcb52RZRvsgu8 by mntmn@mastodon.social
2025-10-12T12:22:34Z
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@bkuhn i also want to emphasize that we as MNT can also make the laptop portfolio more fitting to more people's needs. it's just a question of time and money, and the money we need for this is much smaller than what other companies would require. for example, if someone donated (or a grant was given for) a few million (single digit) EUR, we would have the runway to launch a handful of different models over the next years while not burning out.
(DIR) Post #Az8TsWT3vyPY4eQagK by bkuhn@fedi.copyleft.org
2025-10-12T14:32:26Z
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@mntmn yes, it is so silly: #Framework received ≥ US$30 million in VC. Since they aren't a public company, we don't *know* Nirav Patel's compensation package, but his salary is surely ≥ US$1mil that could greatly advance MNT Reform in the ways you mention.I'm sure Patel believes that they is “doing good by doing well” — but to do good, we need multiple options for repairable laptops. Capitalism demands MNT Reform *competes* w/ Framework. FOSS principles say Framework should cooperate with you.
(DIR) Post #Az8TsaPJHrmoIAheO8 by bkuhn@fedi.copyleft.org
2025-09-29T17:58:49Z
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¹ As those who have seen my talks know, I use Lenovo T500/X200 laptops. in addition to various hardware problems, I've sadly been finding they aren't fast enough nor have enough RAM for my work.I now travel with heavy T500 b/c I have work I can't effectively do on any work on an X200.I know some will say I'm betraying Free Software or whatever by considering the #Framework laptop which has some blob firmwares.For those who complain, see:https://archive.fosdem.org/2019/schedule/event/full_software_freedom/https://archive.fosdem.org/2020/schedule/event/open_source_won/
(DIR) Post #Az8TsaPJHrmoIAheO9 by bkuhn@fedi.copyleft.org
2025-10-05T01:07:39Z
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Picking up my #FrameworkLaptop / #mntreform / need-a-FOSS-laptop thread³ I need Debian stable & it has to work. I realize I'll have to install some blobs,, but I'd like to know what proprietary firmware blobs are mandatory, & which are optional. (e.g., I basically never use Bluetooth on my laptop anyway, so I don't really need that blob unless it's the same blob as another rperipheral.)IIUC, MNT Reform is blob-free? Is there a blob laundry list somewhere for the various Framework models?
(DIR) Post #Az8TsaSV60L2S4CCMS by bkuhn@fedi.copyleft.org
2025-09-30T01:35:57Z
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² I realize having 2 disks in a laptop in RAID-1 sounds weird.I've done it for nearly 20 years & it is amazing! 😯 * when traveling w/ X200, I would yank a drive from the T500 & leave a current backup at home in 10 seconds — rebuild array as soon as I get home. * To preserve a long term backup 2x/year, yank out a drive & write the date on it & put it on shelf, buy a new disk. * Linux software RAID-1 code does an amazing job optimizing parallel reads when in sync. I/O noticeably improves.
(DIR) Post #Az8TshMjPqsnsCYBqC by bkuhn@fedi.copyleft.org
2025-10-12T11:13:05Z
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(2/3)…the meta-issues of their handling of the messaging is itself enough to convince me #Framework's not a well-led org.The easy politically savvy response for @frameworkcomputer would have been (esp. b/c it is probably true): “We didn't vet our grantees as well as we should. We apologize but we also can't logistically or legally claw back these already made grants. We are now rethinking our entire grant program.”Instead a clumsy snap-response from the CEO of: “We are making a big tent.”🤦…
(DIR) Post #Az8UDpaW2aHvSJ4hCS by PunishedD@poa.st
2025-10-12T14:37:16.942006Z
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@bkuhn @mntmn Just stop using computers altogether. It's the only way to stay ideologically pure.
(DIR) Post #Az8VZq5Qy1WRKLavRY by bkuhn@fedi.copyleft.org
2025-10-12T14:42:57Z
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@PunishedD Obviously, you have not studied University-level philosophy. One of my many jobs in our society is as a philosopher of FOSS ethics. Study of ethics requires deep analysis and consideration of compromise for the betterment of society.It sounds like you do not think its worth it for anyone to this job. As such, I suggest you just block my account. @mntmn
(DIR) Post #Az8VZrS9t1IHZ7EaVE by PunishedD@poa.st
2025-10-12T14:52:26.564762Z
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@bkuhn @mntmn You misunderstood my post. I agree there's a necessary element of balance and compromise in ethics. But your take on Framework is absurd to the point that abandoning computers altogether makes as much sense.If you think a company showing off a pseudo-riced distro on their premium laptop is akin to enabling genocide, your philosophy is broken.
(DIR) Post #Az8bwY7iWGBO06sIZE by bkuhn@fedi.copyleft.org
2025-10-12T15:11:07Z
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@PunishedD You misunderstood. Perhaps you didn't read about the current scandal at Framework regarding who they are funding?Reread my posts upthread more carefully: they're saying Framework's recent behavior, while bad, is nowhere near as bad as IBM's or current Lenovo's.I am guessing maybe you're not a native English speaker. I do make my posts rather dense & I realize nuance obvious to native speakers may not come through properly to International English speakers.
(DIR) Post #Az8bwZPpiOGg0aMHRY by PunishedD@poa.st
2025-10-12T16:03:46.522154Z
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@bkuhn I did understand you put them on the low end of the scale. My contention is putting them on the scale at all is absurd.I'm well aware of who DHH is. He's about as toxic as distilled rainwater. The fools freaking out about Omarchy have never been harmed by him and never will be. They are not raising a legitimate community concern, they are screeching about wrongthink that has nothing to do with Linux, Framework, or FOSS itself. Their goal is not a thoughtful ethical standing, it is elimination of (perceived) political rivals. There is no compromise with them; in fact this very situation shows they are incapable of it. Omarchy is not even the default Framework distro, it's just another one they are supporting, and it looks cool in screenshots. But even that causes a "scandal" somehow.The fact that you take them seriously shows a serious deficiency in either your analytical capabilities, or your underlying philosophy. I don't know how lax YOUR university courses were, but at least mine taught us about purity spirals and the harm they do to movements. Far be it for me to suggest you introduce something as crass as *planning ahead* into your philosophical outlook. But you may want to consider that a CEO is required to do so as part of his job. There is no benefit to giving in to the screechers, they will just resume yelling at some random point in the future. Claiming a big tent *is* the compromise position. The proper stance would be to throw the screechers out.And I think my command of English is just fine, thanks. I was assuming we both understood the implications in the shorter jabs. I'll try not to shorten my points in the future.
(DIR) Post #Az8fSTi2lYExRKmaUC by bkuhn@fedi.copyleft.org
2025-10-12T16:30:45Z
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@PunishedD You obviously aren't researching context and are making all sorts of incorrect assumptions about what I'd said, and representing that I said things that I didn't say.
(DIR) Post #Az8fSVEh5dx4At4B16 by PunishedD@poa.st
2025-10-12T16:43:09.014194Z
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@bkuhn You mean the things you said in this thread, 2 posts above mine? That's not assuming, that is called "reading".
(DIR) Post #Az8gqREvhPwcgW9b60 by karna@poa.st
2025-10-12T16:58:43.267750Z
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(DIR) Post #Az8gsrb6fmoN0jgQUK by aceattorneybot@gameliberty.club
2025-10-12T16:59:07Z
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@karna @PunishedD @bkuhn Here's the court session