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   Christine Lemmer-Webber (cwebber@social.coop)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jan-2025 05:42:24 JST Christine Lemmer-Webber

   Ordered an MNT Reform Next https://www.crowdsupply.com/mnt/mnt-reform-next

   The world really needs an open hardware laptop that can be repaired, understood, and has an actual community future. I think MNT's Reform Next is the best shot at that we've got. I'm excited about it!

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     Christine Lemmer-Webber (cwebber@social.coop)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jan-2025 05:44:26 JST Christine Lemmer-Webber

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     • minute

     I really believe in @mntmn and the rest of the MNT staff and community. I've had great interactions and everything they make has been getting better and better. The Reform Next seems *incredibly* well designed and thought through.

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     Christine Lemmer-Webber (cwebber@social.coop)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jan-2025 05:47:04 JST Christine Lemmer-Webber

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     I think here are the big things that really need to shake out:

     - Guix support is a must. Thankfully, Guix support looks like it could be possible; see https://community.mnt.re/t/guix-and-reform/173/30
     - Blender support would be a very strong... I'll put it above nice-to-have, because I'm going to need a separate desktop art station if this can't handle Blender 4.X, and I'm not sure it can yet (I don't need advanced stuff, just enough to do a bit of blenderin')
     - I hope and dream for RISC-V as the future tho!

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     Ekaitz Zarraga 👹 (ekaitz_zarraga@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jan-2025 05:51:26 JST Ekaitz Zarraga 👹

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     • Efraim Flashner

     @cwebber hopefully @efraim will finish the integration of the bootstrapping in guix and you'll have many reasons to be happy after that

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     Christine Lemmer-Webber (cwebber@social.coop)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jan-2025 05:57:17 JST Christine Lemmer-Webber

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     • :jan:‍:abreath:🌬️:dandelion:

     @Crazypedia It feels like building a 15in variant could be possible since all the CAD files are there, once the dust around the main design settles. I dunno though!

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     :jan:‍:abreath:🌬️:dandelion: (crazypedia@pagan.plus)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jan-2025 05:57:19 JST :jan:‍:abreath:🌬️:dandelion:

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     @cwebber I really need it available in a 15-in screen 🥲

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     Christine Lemmer-Webber (cwebber@social.coop)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jan-2025 05:59:14 JST Christine Lemmer-Webber

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     BTW, the RK3588, it's pretty nice but maybe it's not the most exciting SoC imaginable right now. But the important thing here is the modularity of the system. All of the rest of MNT's systems have been upgradeable in terms of the processor board, the Reform Next will certainly be the same.

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     Christine Lemmer-Webber (cwebber@social.coop)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jan-2025 06:57:55 JST Christine Lemmer-Webber

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     • ttamttam

     @ttamttam Guix is amazing and also its community is incredibly good and nice

     People make assumptions because it's GNU-affiliated but Guix is wonderful to be a part of. I love it!

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     ttamttam (ttamttam@fosstodon.org)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jan-2025 06:57:56 JST ttamttam

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     @cwebber
     Wait, a Guix user in the wild? How do you like it? The G in Guix kinda scares me and I have a stereotype of Guix just being a version of Nix that tells you that "What you are referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux." Unfounded I hope?

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     SoapDog (soapdog@toot.cafe)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jan-2025 07:33:41 JST SoapDog

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     @cwebber I'm torn between MNT Reform Next and MNT Pocket Reform. I'm drawn to the pocket, specially cause what I do most of the time is just writing and I tend to love small screens. Still, I can't make a choice.

     Were you tempted by the pocket one?

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     Christine Lemmer-Webber (cwebber@social.coop)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jan-2025 10:52:54 JST Christine Lemmer-Webber

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     • SoapDog

     @soapdog I also have a Pocket! I really like it!

     It does take some fiddling, but decreasingly so from when it first came out.

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     Psyhackological (psyhackological@fosstodon.org)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jan-2025 23:44:32 JST Psyhackological

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     • Framework :fedora: :ubuntu:

     @cwebber isn't it what @frameworkcomputer is doing?

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     Christine Lemmer-Webber (cwebber@social.coop)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jan-2025 23:44:32 JST Christine Lemmer-Webber

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     • Psyhackological

     @psyhackological IIRC @frameworkcomputer isn't open hardware, and it's not as community oriented

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     SoapDog (soapdog@toot.cafe)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Jan-2025 00:22:26 JST SoapDog

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     @cwebber which CPU board you went with, is your Pocket a RK3588 as well?

     Would love to read a review about it if you ever publish one (but zero pressure), there's a lack of reviews and impressions from pocket owners out there.