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   david [blobcat] (david@blob.cat)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Apr-2025 19:10:00 JST david [blobcat]
   he installed windows. its over
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Apr-2025 19:09:57 JST 翠星石

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     • EmoDagda
     @dagda I have now prepared a special circle in GNU/Hell for you.
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     EmoDagda (dagda@netzsphaere.xyz)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Apr-2025 19:09:59 JST EmoDagda

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     @david no he went Mintchad (unfathomly based, Linux's MacOS, it just werkz)
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Apr-2025 19:27:10 JST 翠星石

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     • EmoDagda
     @dagda The Thinkpad X11 runs proprietary software and cannot be GNUbooted.
     
     It's called Trisquel GNU/Linux-libre.
     
     
     If you are going to get a new laptop, you want to get one of the best laptops made; https://www.gnu.org/software/gnuboot/web/docs/hardware/#laptops-intel-x86 (they at least respect your freedom and aren't slow either, especially so when quad modded).
     
     
     If you want more performance, you'll want the KGPE-D16; https://www.gnu.org/software/gnuboot/web/docs/hardware/kgpe-d16.html - up to 32 fast cores and 256GB of ECC RAM.
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     EmoDagda (dagda@netzsphaere.xyz)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Apr-2025 19:27:11 JST EmoDagda

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     @Suiseiseki
     >please redeem linux-libre/Trisquel on ridiculously expensive second hand Thinkpad X11 with 1/20 of performance compared to your current hardware saar
     No :femalegigachad:
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Apr-2025 19:39:04 JST 翠星石

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     • EmoDagda
     @dagda >does it have spectre mitigations?
     No, have you considered not running proprietary malware on your computer?; https://www.fsfla.org/ikiwiki/blogs/lxo/pub/who-is-afraid-of-spectre-and-meltdown.en.html
     
     >so in my threatmodel microcode blobs are less dangerous than not accomodating x86 vulnerabilities.
     Due to the endless flow of exploits found, unless you run out and buy new hardware every 2 years, a computer *will* have speculative execution vulnerabilities no matter what proprietary software updates you install.
     
     Regardless, the futility installing proprietary malware to try to fix the problems caused by installing proprietary malware is doomed to utter failure.
     
     >RISC-V libre setups for freedom
     All of such hardware only runs with proprietary software currently.
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     EmoDagda (dagda@netzsphaere.xyz)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Apr-2025 19:39:05 JST EmoDagda

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     @Suiseiseki does it have spectre mitigations?
     I have an ideological preference for completely libre setups but I do need functional setups for work, so in my threatmodel microcode blobs are less dangerous than not accomodating x86 vulnerabilities.
     Also I do consider RISC-V libre setups for freedom, because even with all the GNUboot cope the x86 + ARM technical ecosystems are terminally proprietary one way or another