[coreboot] Minifree Libreboot D16 server/workstation launched

Sun Jan 8 02:03:54 CET 2017

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I would like to point out, that the price recently halved, compared to
the launch price. It is now at reasonable levels.

> Desktop/workstation version: 
> https://minifree.org/product/libreboot-d16/
> 
> Server version: https://minifree.org/product/libreboot-d16-server/

On 30/12/16 14:19, Leah Rowe wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Minifree has launched a new freedom-friendly computer. Two, in
> fact.
> 
> Desktop/workstation version: 
> https://minifree.org/product/libreboot-d16/
> 
> Server version: https://minifree.org/product/libreboot-d16-server/
> 
> This is a high-end AMD server platform, being sold in server and 
> extended ATX (desktop/workstation) form factor. It comes with
> Debian and Libreboot preinstalled.
> 
> This is the first modern commercial system available today that can
> be configured to run entirely free software; first Debian, the OS,
> and then libreboot, a free/libre BIOS implementation. With Debian
> and Libreboot, this is a fully free system containing zero binary
> blobs of any kind.
> 
> This has positive implications for security in terms of
> audability, and therefore privacy in general (no backdoors!). It's
> also free software friendly, so there are zero binary blobs and
> zero proprietary software running on it in the OS or BIOS. You have
> all of the four freedoms over each part of the boot process, which
> means that you the user are in full control.
> 
> For the first time ever, it is possible for companies to use 
> libreboot-enabled hardware.
> 
> The problem so far with Libreboot and Minifree is that it only 
> focussed on low-end hardware. The launch of the D16 Server and D16 
> Desktop changes that. With this hardware you can:
> 
> * do actual, serious work e.g. programming or 3D modeling.
> Software development nowadays requires powerful computers, because
> software becomes more complex. The sheer amount of time to build
> from source can be a problem on its own. The D16 can support up to
> 16 fast AMD Opteron cores per CPU, and 2 CPUs are possible so 32
> cores in total. This is ideal for software development. * provide
> professional hosting services for paying clients, and run a small
> ISP * provide servers inside organisations * play modern games
> (libre ones) * etc (anything that requires a fast computer,
> basically)
> 
> Spread the word!
> 
> 

- -- 
Leah Rowe

Libreboot developer

Use free software. Free as in freedom.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software

Use a free operating system, GNU+Linux.
https://libreboot.org/docs/distros/
Or BSD:
https://libreboot.org/docs/bsd/

Use a free BIOS.
https://libreboot.org/

Support computer user freedom.
https://peers.community/

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