On 11/09/2017 12:32 PM, Steve Litt wrote:
On Thu, 9 Nov 2017 16:41:11 +0000
jack da <picama...@gmail.com> wrote:
When my 6th-gen intel
boxes start to die and be replaced by amd/arm [losing faith in
intel], I may give devuan another try.
After Rick's posted Minix on Intel article, I'm going to stick with AMD
even if it's more expensive, slower and hotter (and I'm not saying any
of those things are true).
Intel ME / AMD PSP
Post 2013 AMD stuff is just as bad as Intel's, if a KGPE-D16/KCMA-D8
(libre firmware available, RYF) socket G34/C32 isn't good enough you can
get a (brand new, very fast and very cool) TALOS 2 (POWER 9) which has
both libre firmware and hardware and will be RYF certified.
I play the latest games in a VM (vfio gfx card via iommu-gfx) with my
D16, in comparison a 4386/6328 CPU is equal to a FX-8310)
POWER is the only libre performance CPU arch available now
http://raptorcs.com (TALOS 2 is made by the same company that made the
quality D8/D16 libre coreboot ports that I use)
It is a good deal for the performance you get (that is a low price for
high end server hardware, you would pay more with x86)
There isn't any way to disable ME/PSP despite what some might say, if
you don't include the kernel firmware images you system either won't
boot or will shut down after 30 minutes and that isn't even getting in
to the topic of mask ROM's (can't physically remove ME chip you'd break
your computer which is bogus - it IS a backdoor). I can't believe so
many in the "open source" community accept ME_CLEANER as "disabling ME"
when it is simply nerfing it - purism has run a real slick marketing
campaign on this topic.
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