Hi! Well my MNT Reform arrived. I'd like to start putting Guix on it but I'm kind of low on time right now...
I wonder if anyone else has started making progress towards this? What I'd love: a tutorial that says "here are the steps to make an sd card you can boot your reform with"! Christopher Lemmer Webber writes: > I'm very excited to see the MNT Reform launch: > > https://www.crowdsupply.com/mnt/reform > https://www.crowdsupply.com/mnt/reform/updates/the-campaign-is-live > > Completely hackable laptop; all the designs (that are possible) are > libre, and you can even 3d print to replace many of the parts. > > However my impression is that running Guix on ARM is not necessarily > straightforward. I haven't tried it yet. > > Most important specs: > > CPU: NXP/Freescale i.MX8MQ with 4x ARM Cortex-A53 cores (1.5 GHz), > 1x Cortex-M4F core. CPU and RAM are on exchangeable SO-DIMM sized > module. > RAM: 4GB LPDDR4 memory > GPU: Vivante GC7000Lite GPU with mainline Linux drivers and OpenGL > 2.1, ES 2.0 > > (My other main worry is: that's pretty light on RAM these days...! > But hey, maybe incentive for me to cut the fat in the programs I use a > bit more...) > > I am thinking of getting one and running Guix on it. It would be nice > to know that I wouldn't be alone. :) Anyone else planning to get one > and joing me on the journey on maybe the most hacker-oriented laptop > ever? > > - Chris
