Readit NewsI am a fan of open source and being able to tinker etc. But I've never felt the need (advantage?) to do more than just use the bios/efi to boot or configure a few basics.
I've been burned by a small SBC that had poor support, but on laptops/desktops never felt limited.
But people always sound so excited to libreboot their personal computer... Am I missing out or is it just nerd cred?
I'd say that after numerous revelations in regards to UEFI vulnerabilities and such, an open source BIOS / EFI has become a necessity for me rather than something just nice to have.
Why would you prefer AMD? price, heat/fan noise?
Considering Intel's track record on hardware vulnerabilities, I'd much rather prefer AMD.
Two other Framework announcements:
New 12-inch laptop form factor with 360 degree hinge (ie "tablet mode") and a touchscreen. No price announced, but it is aimed at students: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/02/frameworks-laptop-12...
New mainboard upgrade options for Framework 13 models: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/02/framework-gives-its-...
> ...the first Framework Laptop 12 motherboard is going to use Intel's 13th-generation Core i3 and i5 processors
I _really_ hope they launch an AMD version (perhaps with an iGPU) soon after that. That and preferably with Libreboot support. This would make it the ideal portable laptop for me and thus I'd be able to (finally!) replace my X220T.
Does it have ECC and Coreboot / Libreboot support?
Are you considering adding more non-US payment methods for Phind Pro?
For sure this. I've recently found out that you can only pay using credit card, US bank account or Cash App.
IMO just join a private group and use Plex.
You'll never have any ISP woes/issues.
As long as private trackers have absurd seeding rules and require you to sign up (initially) without your VPN active, I won't be touching them with a ten foot socket.
forevernoob commented on I accidentally Blender VSE aras-p.info/blog/2024/02/... · Posted by u/bangonkeyboard
Really hoping for some nice performance improvements because my first time experience with VSE hasn't been that swell so far: https://old.reddit.com/r/blender/comments/186bbll/my_experie...
This article seems very corporate centric. Like, I am able to run a ChatGPT3-ish code LLM locally on a 2015 midrange laptop. Just like this:
wget https://huggingface.co/TheBloke/deepseek-coder-6.7B-instruct-GGUF/resolve/main/deepseek-coder-6.7b-instruct.Q5_K_M.gguf
git clone https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp
cd llama.cpp
make
./main -ngl 32 -m ../deepseek-coder-6.7b-instruct.Q5_K_M.gguf --color -c 2048 --temp 0.7 --repeat_penalty 1.1 -n -1 -i -ins
Would you say that this could run (smoothly) on my X220 with i7-2640M?
But! There are relatively few home theater receiver makers, and the Denon/Marantz siblings have been a big chunk of them for decades.
(Sony, Yamaha, Onkyo, Denon. Nobody else covers the low and mid cost market.)