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"A frequent request from the #FreeBSD community and fan base is a curated list of laptops validated to run FreeBSD out of the box. To this end, we've recently begun discussions with one of our favorite laptop companies, Framework
Stay tuned!" (Edited out Puter from the bird site)

@frameworkcomputer @FreeBSDFoundation

funny how non-profit organizations like freebsd's endorse venture capitalists like framework's. the "modularity" in the framework is a good step in hardware design, but what good does it do if it's just proprietary and closed hardware? how is it useful when it's centralized like any other manufacturer? oh, and i forgot the proprietary UEFI firmware on the non-chromebook models and non-removable batteries. the MNT Reform is a lot more promising.

@yunori @frameworkcomputer @FreeBSDFoundation

I hope this is a troll comment, if not I need to say this:

Developing libre and open hardwares aren't easy, not only Framework but others like System76 or Pine64 also failed doing so.

Also if one company want to make their hardware, they have to go through various copyright and patent holders which is almost impossible.

Decentralized hardware making doesn't work, it costs too much even with open architectures like RISC-V

@yunori @frameworkcomputer @FreeBSDFoundation

Also I doubt companies which focus on consumer-friendly and more sustainable hardwares (not libre/open though) like Framework or Fairphone have much revenue either, average people don't care much about them, also for them revenue isn't even their main priority so I don' think they're 'venture capitalist'.

Also persuading hardware companies to support free/libre and open source OSes like FreeBSD or GNU/Linux isn't bad though.

@yunori @frameworkcomputer @FreeBSDFoundation
Also MNT Reform isn't that open, given that its processor's ISA is ARM which is proprietary and you must have a license to use the ISAs from ARM (the company) to even make one. So unless MNT Reform can switch to a processors based on a truly free and open variance of RISC-V ISAs only then it's only truly open

@natsume_shokogami

https://mntre.com/modularity.html

check the comparison table for the modules.

Modularity—MNT Research GmbH

The MNT Modularity explained.