MNT Reform laptop has fully open hardware and software–for better or worse

Re:MNT Reform laptop has fully open hardware and software–fo... by geerlingguy on Monday January 31, 2022 @09:34AM (#30148292)

I'd like something like this, but that uses the Pi Compute Module 4, and doesn't cost quite so much (bonus points if it can shave off half the height... the thing looks straight out of the 90s!).

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Re:MNT Reform laptop has fully open hardware and software–fo... by fifticon on Monday January 31, 2022 @10:55AM (#30149378)

This exists: (I've got one) https://liliputing.com/2021/06/devterm-is-an-open-source-por...

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Re:MNT Reform laptop has fully open hardware and software–fo... by unfocussed_mike on Monday January 31, 2022 @11:22AM (#30149733)

That is stinkin' adorable. Though I'd prefer one with a Cambridge Z88-type keyboard...

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Re:MNT Reform laptop has fully open hardware and software–fo... by salamandersauce on Monday January 31, 2022 @12:55PM (#30151335)

How is it? Can you touch type with the keyboard or is it too small?

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Re:MNT Reform laptop has fully open hardware and software–fo... by bogantech on Monday January 31, 2022 @10:09AM (#30148691)

This might soon be a reality: https://twitter.com/mntmn/status/1479480351651155971?s=20&t=...

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Re:MNT Reform laptop has fully open hardware and software–fo... by rahen on Monday January 31, 2022 @09:56AM (#30148537)

Hopefully, we'll see at some point a standardized RISC-V compute module, that can be used as a building brick for all kind of devices. Besides laptops, an open-hardware server with 32 of those modules for instance would be a thing.

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Re:MNT Reform laptop has fully open hardware and software–fo... by rbanffy on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @08:13AM (#30177015)

There are multiple modules compatible with the RPi CM3 (such as the ones used for the Devterm) and CM4 form factors. Those already can be used this way.

Since these little boards are underpowered, it'd be interesting to have a board with multiple network-connected boards (like the Pi and Pine64 cluster boards) so you could offload work to other nodes in your laptop cluster.

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Re:MNT Reform laptop has fully open hardware and software–fo... by thecatster on Monday January 31, 2022 @05:32PM (#30155657)

Regardless of other projects like this, I've been looking for a fun project for my CM4. I think you just made my weekend!

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Re:MNT Reform laptop has fully open hardware and software–fo... by MisterTea on Monday January 31, 2022 @12:09PM (#30150469)

Why do you prefer the Broadcom chip to the NXP?

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Re:MNT Reform laptop has fully open hardware and software–fo... by geerlingguy on Monday January 31, 2022 @01:42PM (#30152167)

A72 cores are faster in this specific instance, but more generally there's a ton more support for the Pi-based boards so doing any work with them is easier than other SoCs.

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