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yu3zhou4 ◴[] No.41889662[source]
This is the first time I ever thought we need an open source monitor hardware
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exe34 ◴[] No.41889748[source]
I have started preparing myself mentally for a future where I give up on most of modern technology in the home and just go back to paper books/vinyls/etc.
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amatecha ◴[] No.41890173[source]
Same. My newest computer is from 2015... That said, at least one vendor is making computers I'm willing to purchase: https://www.crowdsupply.com/mnt/mnt-reform-next
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pipe01 ◴[] No.41897314[source]
What about Framework?
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1. amatecha ◴[] No.41899489{3}[source]
Ehh, Framework isn't open-source hardware and its repairability is reliant on a single vendor. A nice step in the right direction, but MNT is the only company making computers that meet the bar for true "anyone can make their own" open source hardware (and certified[0] by the Open Source Hardware Association). This means MNT could go under, and anyone can still make/repair the entire machine. Not the case for Framework. If they close up shop, their hardware just lost its repairability. Their tagline "you can use them for as long as you'd like" has a big caveat - "as long as Framework parts are being manufactured". MNT doesn't have this limitation. The actual schematics are open source. Heck, even if individual components in the BOM stop shipping, compatible hardware can be made by the community because the entire computer is "known" and not encumbered by NDAs and whatnot. New PCB revisions can be made by whomever has the skill to do so. Too cool :D

[0] https://certification.oshwa.org/de000017.html

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2. exe34 ◴[] No.41901646[source]
that's amazing, I'll look them up! I hadn't realised they were that open, I assumed everybody was repairable like framework (i.e. pray they don't go under).
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3. amatecha ◴[] No.41908615[source]
I know, right? The prior fully-OSHW computer I knew of was Novena but that was quite a while ago https://www.crowdsupply.com/sutajio-kosagi/novena Great quote from Bunnie still true today: "if you can't hack it, you don't own it" :)