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diff --git a/www/conduct.md b/www/conduct.md index aa8bea1e..313321c0 100644 --- a/www/conduct.md +++ b/www/conduct.md @@ -82,14 +82,13 @@ Instances of abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behavior may be reported by contacting one of the moderators privately via IRC private message (see list below): -* Alyssa Rosenzweig: **alyssa** on Freenode -* Andrew Robbins: **and\_who** on Freenode +* Andrew Robbins: **and\_who** on Freenode, email <mailto:andrew@libreboot.org> * Jason Self: **jxself** on Freenode -* Leah Rowe: **\_4of7** on Freenode +* Leah Rowe: **\_4of7** on Freenode, email <mailto:leah@libreboot.org> * Paul Kocialkowski: **paulk-X** Freenode (X is variable, for this - person. + person, email <mailto:paul@libreboot.org> check in the channel) -* Swift Geek: **swiftgeek** on Freenode +* Swift Geek: **swiftgeek** on Freenode, email <mailto:swiftgeek@libreboot.org> If the complaint is for abuses on the Libreboot subreddit at [r/libreboot](https://www.reddit.com/r/libreboot/) then there are a separate diff --git a/www/download.md b/www/download.md index 18155a9c..38215118 100644 --- a/www/download.md +++ b/www/download.md @@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ Project, USA) <https://elgrande74.net/libreboot/> (elgrande74.net, France) +<https://nephelai.zanity.net/mirror/libreboot/> (zanity.net, New Zealand) + RSYNC mirrors {#rsync} ------------- @@ -78,6 +78,30 @@ What systems are compatible with libreboot? [See here](docs/hardware/). +Will the Purism laptops be supported? +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Short answer: no. + +There are severe privacy, security and freedom issues with these laptops, due +to the Intel chipsets that they use. See: + +- [Intel Management Engine](#intelme) +- [More freedom issues on modern Intel hardware](#intel) + +Most notably, these laptops also use the Intel FSP binary blob, for the entire +hardware initialization. Coreboot does support a particular revision of one of +their laptops, but most are either unsupported or rely on binary blobs for most +of the hardware initialization. + +In particular, the Intel Management Engine is a severe threat to privacy and +security, not to mention freedom, since it is a remote backdoor that provides +Intel remote access to a computer where it is present. + +Intel themselves even admitted it, publicly. + +The Libreboot project recommends avoiding all hardware sold by Purism. + Why is the latest Intel hardware unsupported in libreboot? {#intel} ----------------------------------------------------------- @@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ Download Libreboot from the Git repository like so: $ git clone https://notabug.org/libreboot/libreboot.git You can submit your patches via -[Notabug pull requests](#how-to-submit-your-patches-via-pull-requests) or -[via mailing list](#how-to-submit-your-patches-via-mailing-list). +[Notabug pull requests](#how-to-submit-your-patches-via-pull-requests). Information about how the Libreboot project is governed is documented in our [general management guidelines](management.md). @@ -92,26 +91,3 @@ have your own Git repository with the patches. Once you have issued a Pull Request, the Libreboot maintainers will be notified via email. If you do not receive a fast enough response from the project, then you could also notify the project via the #libreboot channel on Freenode. - -How to submit your patches (via mailing list) ---------------------------------------------- - -We also have a mailing list at -[development@libreboot.org](mailto:development@libreboot.org) - -Information about this mailing list, including how to subscribe, can be found -at <https://libreboot.org/lists/>. - -Archives of previous discussion on this mailing list can be found at -<https://libreboot.org/pipermail/development/>. - -The mailing list software in use is -[GNU Mailman](https://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/), so the way to use it is -the same as on other libre software projects. - -If you prefer, you can submit patches the old-fashioned (as some may say, -proper) way by sending them to our mailing list. Code review by our -[maintainers](management.md) is done on both Notabug and on the mailing list. - -Once approved, your patch will be merged in the master branch of the main Git -repository. diff --git a/www/index.md b/www/index.md index a091e45d..e9faa3f8 100644 --- a/www/index.md +++ b/www/index.md @@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ mascot"){#logo}](faq.md#who-did-the-logo) [Install](docs/install/) -- [Docs](docs/) -- [News](news/) -- -[Lists](lists/) -- [Chat](https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=libreboot) -- [Bugs](https://notabug.org/libreboot/libreboot/issues) -- [Send patches](git.md) -- @@ -23,8 +22,8 @@ operating system. It is also available preinstalled from We provide user support via [\#libreboot IRC](https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=libreboot) on Freenode. Development -discussion also occurs on IRC, and on our [mailing list](lists/). Instructions -for sending patches are [here](git.md). +discussion also occurs on IRC. Instructions for sending patches are +[here](git.md). Why use Libreboot? ------------------ diff --git a/www/management.md b/www/management.md index ddfba09b..b05a1826 100644 --- a/www/management.md +++ b/www/management.md @@ -27,14 +27,14 @@ List of members in the core management team In alphabetical order: -- Alyssa Rosenzweig is sysadmin and Public Relations manager. - IRC nick **alyssa**. -- Andrew Robbins is a core developer. IRC nick **and\_who** +- Andrew Robbins is a core developer. IRC nick **and\_who**, email + <mailto:andrew@libreboot.org> - Paul Kocialkowski is a core developer. IRC nick **paulk-X** - (**X** is variable, and changes over time) + (**X** is variable, and changes over time), email <mailto:paul@libreboot.org> - Leah Rowe is a core developer (and project founder). IRC nick - **\_4of7** -- Swift Geek is a core developer. IRC nick **swiftgeek** + **\_4of7**, email <mailto:leah@libreboot.org> +- Swift Geek is a core developer. IRC nick **swiftgeek**, email + <mailto:swiftgeek@libreboot.org> Generally, the people on this list have these responsibilities: diff --git a/www/news/MANIFEST b/www/news/MANIFEST index e5e34cf0..a774d19e 100644 --- a/www/news/MANIFEST +++ b/www/news/MANIFEST @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ +news/alyssa-resignation.md +news/talos.md news/new-mailing-lists.md news/andrew-robbins-new-maintainer.md news/formalised-structure.md diff --git a/www/news/alyssa-resignation.md b/www/news/alyssa-resignation.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..2333db0b --- /dev/null +++ b/www/news/alyssa-resignation.md @@ -0,0 +1,77 @@ +% Alyssa Rosenzweig has resigned from the Libreboot project +% Leah Rowe +% 1 September 2017 + +Alyssa Rosenzweig has notified the rest of the team (Andrew Robbins, Paul +Kocialkowski, Leah Rowe and Swift Geek) of her intention to step down from the +core management team, as per [our management guidelines](../management.md), +due to increased pressure from school studies which prevent her from having +time to contribute. + +In her email, she wishes the Libreboot project well and states that she intends +to continue contributing in the future. + +I, Leah Rowe, wish Alyssa all the best in life, and I'm sure that this will be +felt by the other maintainers in Libreboot, and I'm extremely grateful for the +numerous invaluable contributions that she made to the project. + +A note about the hosting infrastructure, and sysadmin tasks +----------------------------------------------------------- + +Alyssa was previously acting as the system administrator for the Libreboot +project, in charge of maintaining the project's infrastructure. Additionally, +she was acting as Public Relations manager for the project; in particular, she +was handling Libreboot's application to join the GNU project. + +I have since assumed these responsibilities, at least for the time being, and +I will be working alongside the other members of the team going forward. +Since Alyssa had stepped down, nobody was in place to maintain the hosting +infrastructure for the project. Our old hosting provider was giving us issues, +so we switched hosting provider; this means that I'm currently maintaining the +hosting infrastructure for the project, since nobody else was willing to. + +The only piece of infrastructure currently missing is the mailing list. We now +have a fully functional mail server, and I will finish studying and installing +GNU Mailman version 3 (the software that will be used for handling the mailing +list). There are currently no repositories available for it on the GNU+Linux +distribution that libreboot.org uses (Debian), so we will have to maintain it +ourselves. + +Swift Geek also works alongside me, for sysadmin tasks, and has been +particularly helpful in advising on good practises for the setup of the new +mail server. I myself haven't had time to work on it for a while, but it will +be up soon. The mailing list that Alyssa created was only online for a week, +before we had to switch hosting provider for the project, and nobody had +started using it yet, so downtime for the mailing list hasn't been a huge +issue; people use the Notabug instance, and IRC. + +I will issue another news post, once the new mailing list is online. For the +time being, the links to it have been removed on the website. + +The mail server itself is online, so the 4 of us on the team now have +libreboot.org email addresses; these are published on the +[governance page](../management.md). If anyone wishes to contact a member of +the project directly via email, we recommend that you use these email +addresses. + +Of interest: the new hosting infrastructure for libreboot.org is entirely +libre. The main router on that network is a Libreboot system, with the router software +running on top of GNU+Linux. The server for libreboot.org (web and mail server) +is also a Libreboot system with GNU+Linux; postfix and dovecot for the mail +server, and nginx for the web server. DNS is also planned (the DNS hosting is +currently outsourced). + +Of further interest: libreboot.org is now IPv6-ready. All services are +dual stack IPv4+IPv6. Stronger encryption is used in the TLS configuration for +nginx aswell, for HTTPS, and HSTS is enabled by default. + +The certificate authority used for TLS is Let's Encrypt. This is used for +HTTPS and for encrypted connections to the mail server. + +The new hosting infrastructure is also much more secure than the previous one, +not just because Libreboot powers it but because of special configurations made +on externally accessible services (such as SSH and email). + +I am currently looking for a new colocation provider, but the hardware used +for hosting should be stable from now on. I have found one, which I'm looking +into, but I'm also considering other options. diff --git a/www/news/talos.md b/www/news/talos.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..724934b0 --- /dev/null +++ b/www/news/talos.md @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +% TALOS II Secure Workstation, from Raptor Engineering +% Leah Rowe +% 15 August 2017 + +Recently, [Raptor Engineering](https://www.raptorcs.com/TALOSII/) has launched +a new series of workstation and server computers. These are high-end systems, +using the libre IBM POWER9 architecture, and the boot firmware is entirely +Free Software like Libreboot. + +This is the *first* OEM producing *high-end* systems, from the factory assembly +line, with completely libre boot firmware. The boot firmware, operating system +and everything else is entirely Free Software. While not technically libreboot, +the boot firmware on TALOS II is Free Software, so it was decided that the +TALOS II would be promoted here on libreboot.org. + +If you are in the market for a high-end, secure workstation or server with +100% free boot firmware (like Libreboot) and operating system, produced by +an OEM *hardware manufacturer* that cares about freedom, look no further than +the TALOS II from Raptor Engineering! + +Their website for pre-orders is here: +<https://www.raptorcs.com/TALOSII/> + +An entry for the TALOS II has also been added to the +[suppliers page](../suppliers.md) on libreboot.org. + +Raptor Engineering is the same company that ported the ASUS KFSN4-DRE, +KPGE-D16 and KCMA-D8 motherboards to Libreboot. In addition, they added support +for Hybrid Graphics on the ThinkPad T400 which Libreboot supports, enabling +those laptops to be used in freedom (with the AMD GPU disabled, in favour of +the Intel GPU which Libreboot has free video initialization for). + +In response to the TALOS II launch I, Leah Rowe, have removed the Libreboot D16 +(TALOS II's main competitor) from minifree.org, and removed the Minifree D16 +entries from the [suppliers page](../suppliers.md) on libreboot.org. +I encourage Vikings and Technoethical, also present on that suppliers page, to +do the same and discontinue their D16 products. The TALOS II is very important +for the future of free, libre computing and indeed the free software community +as a whole; if TALOS II fails, we will be stuck for a very long time without +any viable high-end workstations that are libre. High-end hardware is necessary +for modern software development. diff --git a/www/suppliers.md b/www/suppliers.md index 89d6a050..2c61164f 100644 --- a/www/suppliers.md +++ b/www/suppliers.md @@ -24,14 +24,6 @@ Laptops: - [Libreboot T400 laptop](https://minifree.org/product/libreboot-t400/) (FSF RYF certified) -Desktops: - -- [Libreboot D16 desktop/workstation](https://minifree.org/product/libreboot-d16/) - -Servers: - -- [Libreboot D16 server](https://minifree.org/product/libreboot-d16-server/) - Services: - [Libreboot installation service](https://minifree.org/product/libreboot-installation-service/) @@ -43,6 +35,22 @@ Merchendise: - [Libreboot X200 docking station](https://minifree.org/product/docking-station-for-libreboot-x200/) - [Libreboot stickers](https://minifree.org/product/libreboot-stickers/) +Raptor Engineering +------------------ + +Raptor is the world's first libre OEM, producing systems with libre boot +firmware and operating system preinstalled, *from the factory*. + +Website for pre-orders: +<https://www.raptorcs.com/TALOSII/> + +NOTE: this isn't technically Libreboot, but the boot firmware is entirely free. + +This is the same company that ported the ASUS KFSN4-DRE, KGPE-D16 and KCMA-D8 +mainboards to Libreboot. Raptor has also helped improve other ports in Libreboot, +for instance they added support for *switchable graphics* on the ThinkPad T400 +which Libreboot supports. + Technoethical ------------- |