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• Post #4380356

  here's a libreboot patch i did earlier: https://browse.libreboot.org/lbmk.git/commit/?id=d19a0241a1798bd83fb0e237866e5a89f9220d0b i been on somewhat of a hiatus but i'm basically back now. gonna update revs soon and start working on the december release. a lot of work planned with libreboot. i've been making changes to all other aspects of my life, simplifying everything - still in progress but should be mostly done soon. i'm clearing everything off my schedule to work exclusi...

• Post #4306029

  FUN FACT: By the way, I also made UK shipping free on Minifree laptops. These come with Libreboot, my free software BIOS/UEFI replacement that I founded in 2013. It offers nicer security and customization than most proprietary firmware; it's the same argument as running LInux instead of Windows. More control to users. Other shipping prices also reduced a bit. E.g. £60 to USA instead of £80. https://minifree.org/ I recently also posted that I've expanded the send-in service; pe...

• Post #4306028

  FUN FACT: I've stopped doing RAM and SSD upgrades on new Minifree orders since 28 July 2026. Someone can send me their RAM/SSD to install if they want, when ordering, or I now simply provide instructions for the user to upgrade it themselves if they source the parts themselves. Yeah, finding parts at a reasonable cost is a full-time job, due to AI-driven price gouging of memory since late 2025. OpenAI can burn - and it will. I read recently that nearly one trillion US dollars was wiped...

• Post #4258823

  I made https://minifree.org/ look sexy gonna do the same for libreboot.org soon there is also a dark mode. yes.

• Post #4258807

  i made https://libreboot.org/ sexy and gay. yes, new site theme. u liek?

• Post #4250727

  FUN FACT: I *now* accept card payments for Minifree sales, vicariously through Wise; because I was stuck in 1995, I only today found out I can just make payment links with my Wise account. It's sort of like using PayPal. It's neato. And those links let customers pay with card. My website is still static HTML and orders are still processed manually via email - and an invoice is emailed to the customer. But I've started emailing customers easy payment links. ...I'm planning to m...

• Post #4224932

  I was going through some old work and got nostalgic. For no reason at all, other than me being bored, here's a SCPH-77003 PS2 slim I installed a modchip to in 2020. I'm actually amazed I managed to solder it at all, given that I used 30awg stranded copper with really thick insulation; most people use solid-core kynar which is much easier to use for precise work. My modern soldering is much better than this. Anyway, this board is worthless anyway, because it doesn't have the origina...

• Post #4193606

  I sell Libreboot, and Libreboot accessories: https://minifree.org/ I'm Libreboot's founder and lead developer; sales fund the project. These computers come with Libreboot preinstalled, which replaces proprietary BIOS/UEFI firmware. Libreboot offers far greater security and freedom to the user compared to proprietary firmware, removing or disabling certain malicious features (e.g. disabling Intel ME). Libreboot gives you freedom. It's the same argument as using, say, Linux instead o...

• Post #4164726

  I'm currently having a discount sale on Libreboot laptops. This will continue until end of September at the latest: Libreboot X280: https://minifree.org/product/libreboot-x280.html Libreboot T480: https://minifree.org/product/libreboot-t480.html Libreboot T580: https://minifree.org/product/libreboot-t580.html Libreboot 3050 Micro: https://minifree.org/product/libreboot-3050-micro.html Send-in service: https://minifree.org/product/installation-service.html Libreboot preinstalled, replac...

• Post #4137491

  I recently started selling Libreboot X280 on Minifree: https://minifree.org/product/libreboot-x280.html This, alongside other ThinkPads that I sell. All with Libreboot preinstalled; Libreboot is free/open source software replacing proprietary BIOS/UEFI firmware, offering faster boot speeds, better security and better customisation. Same reason you'd use Linux instead of Windows; Libreboot gives you more freedom. The X280 is similar to the T480, but it's smaller and much lighter. I'...

• Post #4104122

  I'm currently having a discount sale on Libreboot laptops. This will continue until end of September at the latest: https://minifree.org/product/libreboot-t480.html https://minifree.org/product/libreboot-t580.html https://minifree.org/product/libreboot-3050-micro.html Libreboot preinstalled, replacing proprietary BIOS/UEFI firmware. Libreboot offers much better security and customisation compared to standard proprietare firmware; it's the same argument as using, say, Linux instead of...

• Post #4004274

  STATUS UPDATE: I've done emails, dealing with some stragglers in admin - I'm booking Minifree shipments. All orders will ship soon. GOOD NEWS: I'm taking new orders again! As I said before, I was off sick during June. I didn't even accept orders during June (I literally had people waiting to order machines from me). A few people canceled - I've dealt with a few refunds. Will deal with remaining stragglers. I've been scrambling since start of July pretty much non-stop t...

• Post #2103862

  I sell Libreboot, and Libreboot accessories. https://minifree.org/ Libreboot is free/opensource boot firmware, replacing proprietary BIOS/UEFI. I'm Libreboot's founder and lead developer, and I use sales to fund the project. Libreboot gives you better security and customisation. As a Free Software project, Libreboot democratises the boot firmware, giving you control. It's your computer, nobody elses. Debian Linux, other distro or a BSD of your choice can be preinstall...

• Post #2008892

  LibreWolf 150.0-1 is out (upgrading from LibreWolf 149.0.2-2). I've updated my LibreWolf OpenBSD port to v150.0-1 in this patch: https://codeberg.org/vimuser/librewolf-openbsd-port/commit/13592d957af620f8c9ebcdb7f463b8bcb48f123e Eventually, my port will be merged in -current, but for now, updating means re-building from source. Remember you must ensure you're on the latest snapshot and packages, and latest ports from -current. My port is for -current only (for now). If you pre...

• Post #1957391

  Been a bit ill the last few weeks. I'm back at work fully as of today. And with that, I say. I sell Libreboot, and Libreboot accessories: https://minifree.org/ I'm Libreboot's founder and lead developer. Sales fund the project. It replaces proprietary BIOS/UEFI firmware, providing faster boot speeds, better security and better configurability. Debian Linux preinstalled, or you can ask for a different distro or a BSD. Free Software democratises computing, giving you control of th...

• Post #1682780

  FUN FACT I said earlier that I was porting LibreWolf to NetBSD, inspired by my success porting it to *OpenBSD*. However, someone already made this: https://pkgsrc.se/wip/librewolf This effort, by a different person, is already underway to port LibreWolf in NetBSD. I don't want to step on anyone's toes, so, I shall discontinue the effort that I started; I started porting LibreWolf to NetBSD, unaware of any existing effort. Being an OpenBSD ports maintainer shall suffice. Besides, I d...

• Post #1682778

  I recently found a new hobby.

• Post #1682777

  btw fun fact https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/ports/wayland OpenBSD has Wayland now. I recently found out about this myself, having been told about it. I recently stated that OpenBSD doesn't have Wayland, but there are several working compositors. My favourite one, labwc, seems to be available too. I normally use LXQt with Labwc when I'm on Arch Linux. I currently use LXQt with Openbox (X11) on OpenBSD. I *will* have to try. I don't mind using X11 for now (OpenBSD has its own distribut...

• Post #1682774

  one package down. many more to go. i copied the dependencies list for debian apt-get, to a file for openbsd. now i'm adapting it. i just installed "acpica" openbsd package, equivalent to debian acpica-tools. i may have to port some dependencies. beyond that, adapt lbmk e.g. make it automatically use gmake and gcc, not bsd-made and clang, on various upstreams. may have to patch a few upstreams. coreboot and grub already somewhat accomodate bsd. i'm porting libreboot's bu...

• Post #1387814

  I sell Libreboot, and Libreboot accessories: https://minifree.org/ Libreboot is a Free Software BIOS/UEFI replacement, provided as a coreboot distro. It provides many unique security features that you rarely find elsewhere, e.g. true Full Disk Encryption. Faster boot speeds, better customisation and new stable releases every 6 months. Free Software democratises computing, giving you control. Debian Linux also preinstalled. I'm Libreboot's founder, and lead developer. Sales fun...

• Post #1288925

  A Libreboot contributor added ThinkPad X280 support to Libreboot a while ago, but I never got round to setting up mine until today. No idea wtf I did wrong when *I* tried adding it, but hey, it works. Thank you "AlguienSasaki" for adding it, and thank you Johann C. Rode for porting this wonderful ThinkPad to coreboot! And I installed OpenBSD on mine. Because of course I did. Why the hell would I *not* install OpenBSD on every computer that I own? OpenBSD is the best thing sin...

• Post #1285617

  I have important news: my LibreWolf port for OpenBSD now *works perfectly*! See: https://codeberg.org/vimuser/librewolf-openbsd-port Latest patch: https://codeberg.org/vimuser/librewolf-openbsd-port/commit/b66909dff671dfae9350b3db84c60b0a32cff9e9 I compiled the master branch on OpenBSD -current (7.9 snapshot). I rewrote the port again, this time making only the most surgical changes relative to www/mozilla-firefox. LibreWolf uses mozconfig, so OpenBSD CONFIGURE_ARGS has no effect; I provide...

• Post #1209176

  GOOD NEWS! https://codeberg.org/vimuser/librewolf-openbsd-port/commit/8f89ab81334425a3b8446710bb8fdd0fbb674d20 My LibreWolf port for OpenBSD *should* build and work perfectly now! I did a stable-7.8 branch with LibreWolf 143 last week, that works perfectly, but LibreWolf 149 didn't build on -CURRENT (7.9). This patch fixes it. Mozilla has its own memory allocator that intercepts real malloc to handle lots of small allocations (inside one big allocation) efficiently, but there was an A...

• Post #1029376

  FUN FACT: You can use 64GB RAM on a Libreboot Dell OptiPlex 3050 Micro, when you install certain CPUs, such as the i3-9100T. Libreboot adds support for these CPUs, unlike Dell firmware. I tested it today and it works perfectly. I'm using it in my own machine. I now offer 64GB RAM, on the Libreboot 3050 Micro sold here: https://minifree.org/product/libreboot-3050-micro.html I'm Libreboot's founder. Sales fund the project. Libreboot replaces proprietary BIOS/UEFI firmwar...

• Post #1005337

  Someone was recently inspired by my OpenBSD antics, and they installed OpenBSD themselves. I'm happy to have done my part.

• Post #983587

  update regarding my librewolf port for OpenBSD: it works perfectly. i screwed up the branding, so the menu icons (e.g. lxqt menu) say firefox. easy fix (just have to enable librewolf branding in the build process; accidentally removed it earlier) https://codeberg.org/vimuser/librewolf-openbsd-port will update for openbsd 7.9 soon (current package is 7.8) and then also for CURRENT. debating whether or not to maintain a temporary package repo, until openbsd merges it. i plan on sending to the op...

• Post #971583

  update regarding my openbsd port of librewolf... i'm now updating it to CURRENT! with latest librewolf 149 i started with openbsd 7.8, using the older version (from six months ago) of librewolf there. now i'm adapting openbsd CURRENT's changes for mozilla ports, relative to 7.8, splicing it into my librewolf port. will push when done. firefox uses PGO files from mozilla, librewolf doesn't do them... correction: obsd ff port disables the genAI features, but code...

• Post #970535

  update regarding my librewolf port for OpenBSD: it's looking pretty sturdy now! https://codeberg.org/vimuser/librewolf-openbsd-port i spent the morning tidying up the makefile. and also spent last night. mozilla projects re-use one unified module, www/mozilla, but for librewolf this is quite unclean in my view. the tor-browser package re-uses it too, albeit it somewhat cleanly. for my purposes, i removed the use of www/mozilla entirely, and make www/librewolf completely standalone....