Leah Rowe

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2024-08-25 17:50:57

I was really bored, and wanted to do something really low-effort to mildly amuse myself, so I made these low-effort Libreboot memes.
Like I said, very low effort, as is customary for any good meme. Enjoy!
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2024-08-09 13:03:13

Fun fact: I don't work for free.
Someone ordered my send-in service, sent me a machine to flash and I'm done (Libreboot and Debian installed), but:
* They did not pay! I emailed them and won't send until I'm paid.
* They sent it seemingly straight from ebay, with broken hinge, touchpad, screen and fan - I replaced these, since it costs me nothing.
I fixed it up good. I have great work ethic and work pride, but I ask:
If someone sends me machines to work on, pay me.
Also don't send trash :D

2024-07-30 19:54:50

I have a history with FSF, as some of my readers know. Well, *FSFE* != FSF, and so:
https://fsfe.org/news/2024/news-20240719-01.en.html
I'm linking this guide they made, for how to lobby the European Commission about NGI (Next Generation Internet).
NGI is a funding scheme that supports many free and opensource projects.
The EC is *removing* NGI from 2025's Horizon budget. This would completely derail a lot of projects. Please write to the EC asking NGI to continue. I've already done so, despite not being an EU citizen.

2024-07-29 05:40:32

In the last few years, I've had a feeling of intuition that everything stays the same; things that used to excite me no longer seem novel. I just see everything repeat.
Take technology. I look at modern computer games, and yes, the graphics are better, but it seems fundamentally the same as the games I played in 2005. Music is and film is worse.
Everything. Arts, politics...
Science has progressed a lot over the years, and we've somewhat evolved politically; but I am jaded.
Am I getting old?

2024-07-23 22:43:17

There is one thing specifically that makes me very happy, about my current workload:
I'm doing two FreeBSD installs.
I'm clearing my current Minifree worklist and I'm at the lab all night. As stated earlier, I was away for a few days but I'm at the lab now, catching up on orders.
If you want to make me very happy, just request installation of a BSD system. OpenBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, they're all great.
It's my honour to serve BSD users. There aren't a lot of companies doing BSD installations.

2024-07-22 04:16:48

I find current news about Biden's resignation from the election quite fascinating. Here's one example:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/21/biden-steps-down-political-career
It reads like an obituary. I'm sitting here thinking: jesus christ, the man isn't dead yet, show some class.

2024-07-19 19:47:08

edit: "insult costs" is a typo, i meant to say "insulin costs". can't be assed to fix it.
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2024-07-17 00:57:44

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2024-07-11 14:56:29

Someone linked this on IRC earlier and it looks interesting:
https://codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2
Lightweight activitypub instance written in C - and it uses pledge/unveil when building it for OpenBSD.
It's in my bookmarks. I've been meaning to move to my own mastodon instance for a while but all of the fedi software I've seen so far is basically crap.
I've bookmarked this project and will investigate it at a later date.

2024-06-14 14:02:01

I'm working on Minifree orders all weekend. I made sure to finish the recent Libreboot audit and do the new stable release so that I have something solid.
The plan for Libreboot now is this:
A bunch more Dell Latitude and Dell OptiPlex machines are viable for entry and will be included in the next testing release due mid-late July 2024.
As part of that release, I'm also updating all of the revisions (coreboot and so on).
ALSO:
Libreboot Build System Audit 6 is already underway, in a branch.

2024-06-13 23:00:05

By the way it's Pride Month.
Fun fact: I'm a trans person (non-binary) and I'm ace.
This fact alone isn't very interesting but in the context of historical violence towards LGBT people, I'm grateful to live in a country where LGBT people are currently accepted both in a cultural and legal sense (with obviously some improvements to be made because the UK isn't perfect).
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_Month
I give a nod of respect and recognition to other LGBT people and wish you all well.
Thank you.

2024-06-12 10:25:15

Libreboot 20240612 released!
https://libreboot.org/news/libreboot20240612.html
It's a *bugfix* release, marked stable.
Highlights:
* Fixed GRUB hanging bug from Libreboot 20240504 on Intel Sandybridge hardware
* Audit 5 changes included: https://libreboot.org/news/audit5.html
* NVMe SSDs bootable in the GRUB payload (patch by Mate Kukri)
* Better safety features / error handling in lbmk
* Fixed garbled GRUB display on Dell Latitude E6400 with 1440x900 screen (patch by Nicholas Chin)
* Building on i686 fixed (patch by Luke Shumaker)

2024-06-06 16:34:35

this is the dumbest thing i've ever seen, but apparently it's real
https://www.insyde.com/press_news/press-releases/insyde%C2%AE-software-brings-higher-intelligence-pcs-aibios%E2%84%A2-technology-be

2024-06-03 16:55:43

Serious shit. https://opensourcewatch.beehiiv.com/p/nasty-linux-bug-cve20241086-loose

2024-05-29 20:46:18

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.

2024-05-25 14:49:34

Oh by the way
https://codeberg.org/mkukri/optiplex-3050-bootguard-poc
This is a proof of concept Mate Kukri has released at my urging. He has disabled the Intel Boot Guard on Dell OptiPlex 3050 Micro and has a port to it on coreboot gerrit.
I'm integrating his work. I'll have a patch soon enough, adding this board to lbmk.
It'll be in the next Libreboot release.
Mate is working on a much better utility than this, that can (in a generic way) modify the intel ME, disabling bootguard so as to enable many more coreboot ports.

2024-05-24 11:32:11

I sell Libreboot, and Libreboot accessories.
https://minifree.org/

2024-05-12 15:20:37

https://canoeboot.org/news/gnu.html
The Canoeboot project provides free (libre) boot firmware based on coreboot, replacing proprietary BIOS/UEFI firmware on specific Intel/AMD x86 and ARM based motherboards, including laptop and desktop computers. It initialises the hardware (e.g. memory controller, CPU, peripherals) and starts a bootloader for your operating system. GNU+Linux and BSD are well-supported. Help is available via #canoeboot on Libera IRC.
Should Canoeboot become GNU Canoeboot?
Discuss!

2024-03-22 11:44:48

Been testing some (desktop) wireless cards. I have some updates planned soon, for the Libreboot 9020 product.
I currently sell without accessories such as monitor, keyboard, mouse etc (just the machine, and the power cable).
I'm going to start offering accessories, at checkout.
And I'll start installing wireless cards by default.
Will also offer graphics cards, and CPU upgrade (i7-4790k) - been testing the latter, recently, trying various cooling mods, and my testing is essentially complete.

2024-02-21 21:18:12

Libreboot has added a lot of new mainboards recently. See news post, published today: https://libreboot.org/news/ports202402.html
The 9020 is also listed there, which I started selling preinstalled (Haswell desktop): https://minifree.org/product/libreboot-9020/
Riku's recently HP EliteBook 8560w port and Nicholas Chin's additional Dell Latitude ports are also covered.
We're on a spree, adding new mainboards in time for the next release.
Libreboot is free/opensource boot firmware, replacing proprietary BIOS/UEFI on select machines.

2023-08-21 12:04:03

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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