Fallout 4, launched via Steam, on RK3588 MNT Reform open hardware laptop with external AMD GPU (RX 580)
fever idea: EU law that requires that for any chip release, the chip company must release a complete emulator first (would save billions in wasted compile-reboot-pull-hair cycle time)
lil touch test (finally found the i2c usb adapter while cleaning up forsaken corners of the studio with @npub12gl2...frt9)
we launched 4 little products in the MNT shop today, 3 of them are spare parts for MNT Pocket Reform and 1 is a new *iridescent/holo fabric* version of the MNT Reform Sleeve! 1.
MNT Pocket Reform Sleeve - MNT Research Shop
Sleeve–protect your MNT Pocket Reform Keyboard in style!
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MNT Pocket Reform Battery Holders - MNT Research Shop
Robust replacement battery holders for MNT Pocket Reform.
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MNT Pocket Reform Port Covers - MNT Research Shop
Replacement port covers for the MNT Pocket Reform laptop.
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MNT Pocket Reform Headset/Switch Board 2.0 - MNT Research Shop
The latest version of the headset board for MNT Pocket Reform incl. Wi-Fi card slot and standby switch.
 the sleeve and improved battery holders were designed by @npub12gl2...frt9, and [@holo_memory](
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 ) did the photography and shop pages. image
yes, people sometimes complain that they have to type `apt` commands on debian linux but have you tried correctly setting up the weird dishwasher in my apartment? (and also to get a replacement geschirrkorb for it, argh) image
boring and obvious take, but i find AI stuff only interesting when it fails in hilarious or dangerous ways, and i find grifters and snake-oil salesmen fascinating in a crime-drama kind of way. i'll never respect AI output as a creative work because it's just random machine garbage and i'm only interested in real people's art and struggles, because i can emotionally connect only to real people, i mean that is why we do art, writing, film, games etc, not to look at machine kitsch
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...
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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)