Notices by Leah Rowe is not a Rowebot (libreleah@mas.to)

@neil it's not me who needs protecting :)

btw, aren't you a lawyer? your bio says tech lawyer, which i assume is largely civil law; are you well-versed in criminal law?

@neil nah i'm fine. but i have learned some facts recently that while unsurprising in retrospect, are still unfortunate.

the facts that i've learned would make most people feel like spiders are crawling over their grave. i'm made of much tougher stuff but even i have been at my wit's end.

i've not yet decided whether to stop being vague, and to directly state the facts i'm aware of; the latter, at least in the public sphere, will probably not profit anyone.

however, i am seeking legal advice.

I am even wiser today, than I was a few days ago. fml.

@Logical_Error yes to every question

I was taught today by @fun how to type in colour on IRC.

I promise to use this new power responsibly.

@Murky1310 i also had a really shit day today. and the reason why is kinda, well, not something i care to discuss. let's just say i'll be glad when this week is over. i was supposed to be doing the release today, and getting to the lab this evening - that'll be done tomorrow instead.

@Murky1310 (i'm answering emails at the moment)

i don't block anything - no - except spam. but i do check my spam folder too, so anything not junk gets read, and replied to. sometimes i'm a bit behind on emails if i'm busy with lab work or near a release.

i'm doing emails at the moment. if you emailed me, i'll respond soon.

Also

I've decided this time, Canoeboot will have a different release codename.

The Libreboot 25.06 release series (including RCs) shall have the codename "Luminous Lemon" as planned.

However

The Canoeboot 25.06 release series (including RCs) shall have the codename "Late Mare". No context will be provided, but one person on the Trisquel forums will understand this.

The original plan was to have Canoeboot share the same codename, which is still the plan for future releases e.g. 25.12 series.

Canoe/Libreboot 25.06 RC1 are a bit late - hopefully I'll have the docs updated tonight / in the morning.

I'm resuming current Minifree order shipping for Thursday, 29 May and Friday, 30 May, because I plan to have the releases ready on Wednesday, 28 May.

I plan to ship with the new release. Although an RC, I have been testing it extensively on what I sell and other machines. It's essentially the 25.04 release, but revamped a lot, with some minor bug fixes in it (25.04 is basically 25.06 RC0).

Today I am wiser than I was yesterday.

And I wish I was still unwise. Oh well. Life's a cunt sometimes.

@rzeta0 probably a few people already doeing that. i don't really bother with videos, mostly because they're annoying to do - also, information that later becomes obsolete is harder to modify when dealing with video, so i'd have to re-shoot videos every once in a while.

whereas, editing a few markdown files is quite easy. there's really nothing a video could explain better than the libreboot website already does.

this is firmware. so reading comprehension is very much a requirement.

@lndn @s31bz Don't purchase T440; please also do not purchase T440s..

The *P* model is the only one that Libreboot supports; Canoeboot also added it today (documentation coming soon).

To be clear:

ThinkPad T440p

P module

T440P

There is a reason:

The P model does not have an Intel Boot Guard. The other models (non-P models) have the Boot Guard, which prevents use of coreboot upon which Libreboot and CAnoeboot are based.

That other person most likely purchased a T440p from me.

FUN FACT:

https://minifree.org/

I provide Libreboot-based service on Minifree but I also do a number of custom machines for people, including ones that have other coreboot-based firmware.

I've decided to make this official. In particular, I now directly state there that I also provide Canoeboot installations via send-in or custom order.

My computers have a free/opensource BIOS/UEFI replacement by default, usually Libreboot; I'm Libreboot's founder and I also maintain the Canoeboot project.

oh also, i'll officially be offering Canoeboot send-ins, after the 25.06 RC1 release comes out.

a number of people, who had correctly determined what i planned to do, have been asking about this.

i mainly sell intel kabylake systems (ThinkPad T480 and OptiPlex 3050 Micro), but i do send-ins.

i didn't bother with canoeboot send-ins before as it was older GM45 crap. i've been running canoeboot and parabola *myself*, recently, on a dell optiplex 9020sff I have for testing. i7-4790k and 32gb ram!

I could have done this 10 years ago in the Libreboot project, long before it adopted its current policies. The nuance is that Libreboot also tried in those days to adhere closely to FSF RYF. Canoeboot continued that tradition.

FSF RYF pertains to commercial products, e.g. pre-installed ThinkPads.

GNU FSDG *only* covers the project, e.g. Canoeboot, and states that said project must not distribute proprietary software, nor recommend or facitilate its use. This Canoeboot change is FSDG-compliant.

https://codeberg.org/canoeboot/cbmk/commit/6577abc60aadc0f40a4b5dd2ad06f827b1dbd132

Canoeboot 25.06 RC1 coming soon!

Also I will now import and adapt Libreboot documentation for these added boards, and write a page explaining this change.

GNU FSDG-compliant Intel SandyBridge, IvyBridge and Haswell support is quite feasible, and has been for years. You can avoid flashing the Intel ME region, instead re-using what's already in the flash.

Canoeboot therefore does not provide Intel ME firmware. Everything else is fully 100% Free As In Freedom.

@shoq this is nazi-level shit. i'm amazed that people get away this in america. telling children what to think. threatening education institutions with de-funding if they don't comply. the essence of any healthy democracy is an independent education, free media and independence of the judiciary - and secularism - all of which are being sidelined.

they never cancel elections, they just shout "fraud!", and rig them to their liking.

i hope americans give all these fascist cunts what they deserve.

Excellent progress is being made on lbmk and cbmk, in preparation for the upcoming 25.06rc1 releases of each project.

I'm working on final auditing tasks, and last-minute changes. I'm confident that I will have new RC releases this weekend.

These will be the first release candidates for the 25.06 release series. Subsequent RCs will replace older 25.06 RCs and the final 25.06 release for each project will come out by the end of June.

And then revision releases can be made afterward, if needed.

Very soon.

@janethemotherfucker @littlemisssynth yeah, like i said, i do use arch too. i don't really care what's on my main machine, since i can just run whatever i want on other machines. or run virtual macchines on my main machine

debian does the job. i don't really give a shit what's in debian packages. like i said, i'm using my own lxde compiled from source!

like

if i want to make my lxde sing the lolly pop song, i can. debian package repos are irrelevant to me.