(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.

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

(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.

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

Spent a few hours today to get #postmarketos running on the #mntreform with the a311d chipset. All went smoother than expected. Still need to figure out wifi.

For bonus fun, I used the #MNTReform to present!

Slides available:

https://people.debian.org/~vagrant/fossy-2025/Nevermind-the-Checkboxes-heres-Reproducible-Builds.pdf

... as well as a .buildinfo file if you want to try and bit-for-bit reproduce the slides, although I did it using an arm64 machine:

https://people.debian.org/~vagrant/fossy-2025/nevermind-the-checkboxes_2025.08.02+fossy_all.buildinfo.asc

Video should be available in a month or so, hopefully?

For bonus fun, I used the #MNTReform to present!

Slides available:

https://people.debian.org/~vagrant/fossy-2025/Nevermind-the-Checkboxes-heres-Reproducible-Builds.pdf

... as well as a .buildinfo file if you want to try and bit-for-bit reproduce the slides, although I did it using an arm64 machine:

https://people.debian.org/~vagrant/fossy-2025/nevermind-the-checkboxes_2025.08.02+fossy_all.buildinfo.asc

Video should be available in a month or so, hopefully?

MR to enable #mntreform on #postmarketos is up now: https://gitlab.postmarketos.org/postmarketOS/pmaports/-/merge_requests/6820

Spent a few hours today to get #postmarketos running on the #mntreform with the a311d chipset. All went smoother than expected. Still need to figure out wifi.