yesterday i set up an environment for faster kernel development iteration (esp. for rk3588). it builds a monolithic kernel using the patchstack we have for debian kernel version, but on a real git checkout. i can boot the kernel+dtb directly after compiling over the network (tftp) and into a busybox/toybox/static binaries environment to avoid boot times. i then figured out that suspend to s2idle works with that kernel and added the missing code to dts and fw to make it wake via the keyboard.

here is a rare interview based article on MNT Reform and open hardware in general, in german but i think modern browsers have a built-in babelfish. i said more political things that didn't make the cut (about surveillance tech industry (chat control, thorn etc), right-wing tech, our products being reproducible after our lifetime and not depending on unique industrial processes (but more widely available ones)), but it's a good explainer for folks who aren't as plugged in

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Eine neue Nachhaltigkeit: Warum die Computerwelt mit Open-Hardware grüner wäre – Lucie Hartmann von MNT Research im Gespräch

Stell dir vor, dein Laptop wäre ein Blumenbeet. Prozessor, Tastatur Bildschirm – alles wären Pflanzen, die du selbst züchten und beliebig aust...

large pocket reform isn't real, it can't hurt you

PSA MNT Pocket Reform: don't `apt upgrade` right now! there's some gdm issue (login screen doesn't show up) that we're looking into. (rather, @npub1mzhx...dh9t is looking into it at the moment, i'll try later today)

my work sometimes feels like trying to very slowly and exhaustingly transition over like 10 years from brutalist radical DIY laptop kit for the post-apocalypse to a not-too-weird-looking, hardware and software bug-free, always reliable, well-supported, performant, silent, secure and still repairable and open source laptop that people with a shopping list of specific requirements would find acceptable enough, while not selling out and still surviving somehow

absolutely incredible detailed data collection and visualization of the (potential) runtimes of 4 different MNT Reform processor modules, by @npub1mzhx...dh9t

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Comparing battery runtime of RK3588, A311D, i.MX8MQ, i.MX8M+ and LS1028A

This post is for those who wonder how the different SoMs supported by MNT compare against each other in term of how much power they draw. This is n...

BTW if you're looking for an open hardware, repairable laptop made by a small team in berlin with no venture capital, maybe MNT Reform Next could be interesting for you:

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MNT Reform Next

A new 12.5" open hardware laptop that is future-proof, modular, and highly performant

i appreciate how framework are doing a bit of involuntary marketing for us today 🤝

it's real: first MNT Quasar processor module prototype, assembled today by @npub12gl2...frt9! this will allow the usage of qualcomm qcs6490 and hopefully two other pin compatibles in current and future MNT open hardware laptops/computers.

OK now that could be a very fitting printer for your MNT Reform series computer :D

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Open Printer

Finally, an open hardware printer you can actually understand, repair, and upgrade

only nit: license is CC BY-NC-SA (non commercial), so not open hardware in the sense that someone else could build on top of this work + sell it