Blobbed AMD furnance r9 290 as GPU? +Broadblob? System that respect your
freedom?
The only way to go, is using Kepler GPU only.
Agreed. Although these are pre-release specifications, it is slightly
concerning that they deemed a Broadcomm CPU of all things to be acceptable.
>AS I can see, that project is like anothers "open-source" projects.
I would argue they aren't really like these other projects in that they do
Maybe this is a dumb question, but... Can I use this machine as a desktop
computer?(LibreOffice, Icecar, ...)
Except recompile Trisquel for POWER8 architecture.
Paying 3000$, then removing AMD GPU and that Broadblob, for buy Kepler later
and an Atheros? Yes, it is possible to remove, but it costs money, AMD r290
is not so cheap, I got my gtx770 for 200€ which is work with same
performance as Nvidia's blob, but without blobs. Anyway, today with Linux
You can get Trisquel's source and compile it yourself for POWER right?
This page [1] lists "Ubuntu 14.04.3 (Trusty) or higher" compatible, so we
might not need to do anything.
1 https://raptorengineeringinc.com/TALOS/prerelease_specs.php
Here is a "hands-on" test of a prototype model:
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article=talos-workstation
However, let's not forget that it will costs 3100 USD. Still, if the
development model is anything to go by, the price may be justified especially
for people in academia.
Based on IBM POWER8 architecture, with all components 100% libre. However the
price tag will be around $3000.
https://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/interested-in-a-powerful-free-software-friendly-workstation
Thanks for sharing, looks awesome. I would love to get my hands on something
as powerful as this. I am curious would this mean that we would need to port
Trisquel over to Power8?
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