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You install Hannah Montana Linux on their cars and their spouses.
Instructions unclear, a local senator's wife throws a kernel error and won't boot now... Help.
just insert a "live USB" and troubleshoot inside her
But for gods sake don't install on bare metal
Hey at least you can... oh god, flash her, and then hopefully she'll reboot.
Better than a halt and catch fire code being tripped.
Oh my fucking god you monster!
Thats amazing.
Wait. WAIT.
Ok, now, in my own personal head cannon, Hannah Montana Linux is the OS that was running on the little robot thing that ... Hannah Montana got stuck in, in that one episode of Black Mirror.
Its perfect!
Strongly worded!
I can't remember where I read this but I saw somewhere that open firmware is forbidden in things like cellular modems because it might be abused to disrupt communications. I think that's bullshite, though.
In theory, yes, you could make a mess, and any firmware is supposed to be certified to allow the device to be used.
In practice, this has been a convenient excuse to keep a whole chip with a separate OS in every smartphone, and it is very difficult to isolate from the rest of the system (see Graphene OS efforts).
I say all firmware should be opensource. Whether you're allowed to change them or not is a separate question... for now.
Isn't this actually more likely to happen if it's closed-source, since the code isn't visible to third-parties like security researchers? That's why zero days are a thing.
The only thing i want is DIY paper printer with open source driver + DIY ink cartridges.
It's kinda weird to me because i can find DIY 3d printer + it's driver (open source) online, but no company made DIY paper printer with DIY cartridges until now
Fuck HP, Epson, Canon, or whatever big company printers out there
I have a Brother laser printer. (I love it, but that's not important here.)
The firmware doesn't support duplexing A5 paper. I'm wondering if this is a good place to dip my toe into the world of open source driver development.
Well we don't know if no one start to made it it
I think it's good if someone out there trying to make open source driver, imagine if we can add more features to our printers (like duplex A5 printing for your case) & especially if you can bypass HP printers that can broken printer if you used aftermarket ink
The problem is the most important parts of inkjet/laser printers are pretty difficult to make by hand.
You can DIY a plotter though. Probably could figure out a continuous supply of ink to the pen too?
If such a thing exists (DIY paper printers), I would like to know more, because the level of frustration I have with all the major printer mfrs I've used, is too damn high.
Bonus points if it's a laser printer, extra bonus points if the components for the printer can be 3D printed (with obvious exceptions).
I just want a good, wired, network printer for everyday crap that I can use once in a blue moon for stupid documents that someone wants me to print, sign, scan and send back to them because they haven't figured out how to do e-signatures yet.... And the odd extra thing I need to print. Every time I print it seems like I need to reinstall the printer or update something to make it work. I buy laser printers so the ink doesn't dry out before I can use it. The whole thing is so damned frustrating. Also, bluntly, unless you're doing photo work, never buy an inkjet. They're cheap, and there's a reason they're cheap. Inkjet has better color representation, so photo printers should probably be inkjet, for everything else, do yourself a favor and buy a laser printer. Toner lasts much, much, longer.
An open source printer, you say? Interesting idea
Well, you can buy rubber stamps?
Super agree, paper printers are a scam imo
Uploads thousands of open source 3d printed firearm designs
Like this?
(No Mr. FBI/ATF I do not actually have those)
Just an FYI, that's not illegal because it falls under the U.S. Constitutional protection of free speech; so also is printing and constructing them. Selling them or distributing guns as physical products is not protected, and is in fact illegal.
For anyone searching for models:
- dasharo.com coreboot (novacustom, 3mdeb, system76)
- mrchromebox.dev
- starlabs.com
- libreboot.org for old hardware but with updates
- Framework laptops have open source ~~firmware~~ BIOS.
- The Talos II workstation from raptor computers (using an IBM power9 processor) is entirely open source including now its network card but that's a $10,000 computer
- You can make a Chromebook fully open source but it takes a little work
Vote with your wallet 👍
Instructions unclear, bricked my laptop after flashing libreboot. Send help.
Although It's less about guns and more about paying/donating to projects on GPL. If you don't know where to donate, start with Firefox. Every £ matters
How exactly are you donating to Firefox? Mozilla foundation is not Firefox and Firefox is unlikely to see any money you give to Mozilla.
Mozilla do spend a lot of money on software development, 220 million last year, out of total expenses of 425 million which came from a taking of 593 million of which 81% comes from Google.
They need to introduce bounty system so people can give money for specific features.
As far as I'm concerned they only produce two useful pieces of software: Firefox and Thunderbird. The rest of the money is going into a black hole.
Every pound counts? That’s what she said
I'm out of the loop. Is this about phones?
It's about everything. Computers, phones, the computer that makes your car work. Every bit of electronics that boots - that probably includes your smoke detector and oven
Death to the MPLA!
DEATH TO THE MPLA
Already ahead of you and installed Linux and around 2400 packages for the software I use
I hear Raptor Computing is working on a nextgen workstation... more than just "open". Iirc, someone even ported coreboot to one of their machines.