The Free Software Australia group is spreading the importance of libre hardware
to the public. I suggest we support them as their actions are aligned with FSF*
mission.
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On Jun 12, 2021, 12:50, Jacob Hrbek wrote:
> I suggest to highlight the importance of projects such as
> https://www.powerpc-notebook.org/en/ which is a libre hardware development of
> POWER9 based notebook.
>
> Also I suggest highlighting raptor computers and their Talos II, but their
> development is non-free (schematics, boardviews, etc.. not publicly accesible
> under four freedom respecting license) even though FSF highlight them in
> respect your freedom campaign .
>
> Talking about projects such as kicad used to develop free hardware should
> also be a priority
>
> And highlighting the importance of breakout boards such as what pinepen is
> doing so that the end user can actually interact with the device easily on
> hardware level to avoid doing lots of jumper wires for programming the chips.
>
> I also suggest talking about ecology especially in this day of age the libre
> hardware developers should ensure that their devices are 100% recyclable
> while giving recycling centers motivation to perform the recycling e.g. using
> investment silver for traces to get the price for 30 USD per board recycled,
> but FR4 (the fibreglass holding the components on the PCB) is not great
> either as it produces waste.. I personally work on glass PCBs but that is not
> yet ready..
>
> and the recent HUGE! win for the right to repair in New York
> https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SMByk0Oml44 people such as Louis rossman would
> be probably more then happy to talk about that with you.
>
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>
> -------- Original Message --------
> On Jun 12, 2021, 10:56, FSM Committee wrote:
>
>>>> Free Software is owned by its community of users and creators, for the
>>>> benefit of that community, and of human society in general. Free Software
>>>> respects the autonomy and privacy of its users — especially important in
>>>> this age when so many companies base their business on control and
>>>> surveillance of their customers.
>>>>
>>>> But all software runs on hardware, and similar considerations apply. In
>>>> order to maintain control over our software we also need hardware devices
>>>> that respect the autonomy and privacy of their users.
>>>>
>>>> This is a vast topic. My goal for this talk is more modest: A tour of some
>>>> hardware that's friendly to Free Software, in the hope that you might
>>>> learn about something you can use. My main focus will be on devices for
>>>> everyday use: mobile phones, laptops, and single-board computers usable as
>>>> desktop computers or as home servers, some of which I own and can
>>>> therefore demonstrate live in the talk, and can speak of from my own
>>>> experience.
>>>>
>>>> Devices I plan to talk about: Pinephone, Pinebook Pro, SOPINE A64 (from
>>>> Pine64); Librem5 phone and Librem laptops (from Purism); Odroid-XU4,
>>>> Odroid-H2+, Odroid Home Cloud devices (from HardKernel); Raspberry Pi 4;
>>>> and possibly the MNT Reform laptop and GNUBee PC-1.
>>>>
>>>> Also, if you have some favorite privacy respecting or open hardware you
>>>> would like to demonstrate or show off, you're welcome to join in at the
>>>> meeting and do a brief lightning talk about it, especially if you have it
>>>> at hand for show'n'tell.
>>>>
>>>> We look forward to seeing you at the online meeting!
>>>>
>>>> Details
>>>>
>>>> - Thursday,17th June 2021, 7:30pm-9:00pm
>>>>
>>>> - Join us at: https://meet.glasswings.com.au/b/fsm-iv6-tce-vpu
>>>>
>>>> - Short video intro to Big Blue Button (BBB):
>>>> [https://www.y](https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=uYYnryIM0Uw)[ewtu.be](https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=uYYnryIM0Uw)[/watch?v=uYYnryIM0Uw](https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=uYYnryIM0Uw)
>>>>
>>>> - Meeting Tips:
>>>>
>>>> - Be sure to test your audio on the way in.
>>>>
>>>> - Your mic will be muted when you join the room.
>>>>
>>>> - Headsets are recommended to reduce any feedback.
>>>>
>>>> - Code of Conduct: https://freesoftware.org.au/code-of-conduct
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