From 38a97cb6839c74463fc9334681b2df15af268b63 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Leah Rowe Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2017 22:16:05 +0000 Subject: news article asking people to help with release testing --- www/news/MANIFEST | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) (limited to 'www/news/MANIFEST') diff --git a/www/news/MANIFEST b/www/news/MANIFEST index b092d469..45bc9cae 100644 --- a/www/news/MANIFEST +++ b/www/news/MANIFEST @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ +news/release-testing-20171221.md news/lenovo-recall.md news/alyssa-resignation.md news/talos.md -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2 From 3310d42576cf6c24c0a62e83febb2b26481ff702 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Leah Rowe Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2018 11:46:28 +0000 Subject: News post about Libreboot installation workshop at FSF LibrePlanet 2018 --- www/news/MANIFEST | 1 + www/news/libreplanet2018-workshop.md | 96 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 97 insertions(+) create mode 100644 www/news/libreplanet2018-workshop.md (limited to 'www/news/MANIFEST') diff --git a/www/news/MANIFEST b/www/news/MANIFEST index 45bc9cae..4f588538 100644 --- a/www/news/MANIFEST +++ b/www/news/MANIFEST @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ +news/libreplanet2018-workshop.md news/release-testing-20171221.md news/lenovo-recall.md news/alyssa-resignation.md diff --git a/www/news/libreplanet2018-workshop.md b/www/news/libreplanet2018-workshop.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..88d338b5 --- /dev/null +++ b/www/news/libreplanet2018-workshop.md @@ -0,0 +1,96 @@ +% Libreboot installation workshop at FSF LibrePlanet 2018 conference +% Leah Rowe +% 21 March 2018 + +LibrePlanet is the annual conference held by the Free Software Foundation in +Boston, MA, USA. This year, it's being held at MIT university on March 24th +and 25th. More details about it are here: + + +The FSF isn't officially hosting a libreboot workshop at libreplanet +this year. At the 2015 and 2016 LibrePlanet conference, there were workshops +there run by myself and Patrick McDermott, a former member of the Libreboot +project. The FSF has confirmed that they don't have a dedicated room for it +this year, due to increasing number of conference goers. + +Therefore, an unofficial workshop is being set up. I've already issued a news +post about this on the libreplanet-discuss mailing list: + + +With John Sullivan's blessing: + + +If you, the reader, are attending LibrePlanet this year, and you would like to +get a libreboot system flashed for you, then take it with you to LibrePlanet. +There will be knowledgeable people there who can flash libreboot for you. + +Find one of the people on the list below (list will be updated if more people +volunteer to flash). If it's Kurt, they'll flash for you at the technoethical +booth. If it's someone else, they can take you into the speakers lounge - does +not matter if they're not a speaker. John Sullivan of FSF has approved this. +There are tables, chairs and power sockets in that room. +There are also tables and chairs outside the speakers lounge, in the common +area at the conference, but I highly recommend using the speakers lounge. +That's where I took people, on Libreplanet 2015 and 2016 :) +It's really comfy in there. + +John Sullivan of FSF has also confirmed that that there is a dedicated +*alcohol-free social and hacking time* at the FSF office on Saturday 24th +March, between 1900 to 2130 hours. You could also flash someones laptop for +them there, in the conference room at the FSF, or on a table outside. Or the +sysadmin room, if that's OK with them. + +I've been asking around. The following people have confirmed so far that they +will be providing Libreboot flashing services at the conference: + +- Kurt from Technoethical, an FSF-endorsed libreboot hardware seller. They will + also have their own samples. They'll be at the Technoethical booth there. + IRC nick sensiblemn\_ or sensiblemn on #libreboot IRC +- zyliwax from #libreboot IRC - has not committed fully, but is *very likely + to attend*, in their own words. +- Patrick McDermott (pehjota) of Libiquity. I've emailed them to ask, + though I'm not sure if they'll be there - they're usually there though, each + year. +- You could also find an FSF sysadmin and ask them to flash Libreboot for you. + +I would be grateful if anyone else would also be willing to provide flashing. +I myself am not attending the conference physically, unfortunately. + +See mailing list post for more info. If you would like to help Kurt and +zyliwax out, please either reply to that mailing list post on +libreplanet-discuss or email me directly: +[leah@libreboot.org](mailto:leah@libreboot.org) and I'll add your name in +the above list. + +Basically, all you need for flashing someones laptop at the conference is: + +- Portable SPI flasher (USB powered. SSH into it via your laptop, use the SPI + flasher's own 3v3, etc). Make sure to use the workaround-mx patch on + flashrom, so that you can use --workaround-mx on Macronix chips, if flashing + an X200, otherwise flashing will be unreliable (see mailing list post linked + above) - portability is important, in case you sit down with someone in + a place without power sockets. + See guides on libreboot.org for setting up SPI flashers, but ignore the notes + about external PSUs and instead just wire up the flasher's own 3v3 connection. + The workaround-mx patch is here: + + apply this on flashrom src and build with that. To use it, just pass the + --workaround-mx option in flashrom. +- Screwdrivers (phillips head 0 *and* 00 - sometimes labelled PH0 or PH00, + respectively) +- Thermal paste and thermal cleaning material, for T400 flashing + - arctic mx-4 paste recommended. For cleaning material, use anti-static cloth + and isopropyl alcohol - as pure as possible! ideally close to 100%! 70% + rubbing alcohol is common in USA, and not suitable for electronics +- Anti-ESD wrist/ankle strap, to protect against damage fro electrostatic + discharge when working with circuit boards. + +Optionally: + +- Bring DIP8 25xx SPI chips with libreboot, for ASUS KCMA-D8 or KGPE-D16, for the + conference goer to put in their D8/D16 when they get home. Also PLCC32 LPC + 1MB (or bigger, with padding at the beginning) chips for ASUS KFSN4-DRE +- Soldering equipment (knife tip, hot air, etc) for X200T flashing. NOTE: FSF has + soldering equipment in their offire, you could ask them to lend it to you + if you're flashing a laptop there at the FSF office. NOTE2: Kurt from Techno + is also bringing soldering equipment. -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2 From c931759ea7fa0ef0a48bca83e565385ecfa7d150 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Leah Rowe Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2018 14:37:28 +0100 Subject: add news post about Gender Reassignment Surgery fundraiser for Leah Rowe --- www/news/MANIFEST | 1 + www/news/leah-fundraiser.md | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 46 insertions(+) create mode 100644 www/news/leah-fundraiser.md (limited to 'www/news/MANIFEST') diff --git a/www/news/MANIFEST b/www/news/MANIFEST index 4f588538..0e7cc034 100644 --- a/www/news/MANIFEST +++ b/www/news/MANIFEST @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ +news/leah-fundraiser.md news/libreplanet2018-workshop.md news/release-testing-20171221.md news/lenovo-recall.md diff --git a/www/news/leah-fundraiser.md b/www/news/leah-fundraiser.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..5a5b7b20 --- /dev/null +++ b/www/news/leah-fundraiser.md @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@ +% Help Leah, founder of Libreboot, get Gender Reassignment Surgery +% Leah Rowe +% 19 April 2017 + +I spoke with Andrew Robbins and Swift Geek on #libreboot IRC. These are two +other members of the core Libreboot community. This news post was submitted to +Pull Request, subject to their approval before publishing on libreboot.org. + +My name is Leah Rowe, and I'm the founder of the Libreboot project. I’m a 26 +year old British trans woman, living in the UK. After a lifetime of +repression and denial, I came out as transgender in June 2016; I +began living full-time as my true self for the first time. This was my coming +out message to the Libreboot community: + + +I need help from the community in order to to pay for my Gender Reassignment +Surgery. Here is my fundraiser: + + +I'm unable to pay for it myself. 2 years ago, I paid 90,000 USD to Raptor +Engineering to port the ASUS KGPE-D16 and KCMA-D8 to Libreboot as well as 4000 +AUD to Damien Zammit for the Gigabyte GA-G41M-ES2L and Intel D510MO ports. +Besides this, I've spent huge amounts of money in general on development of my +own and I've dedicated countless hours to this project. I love Libreboot +and I love working on it. For instance, I ported the ThinkPad X200 (later T400, +T500 etc) to Libreboot myself, working alongside Steve Shenton to free it from +the Intel ME firmware. Unfortunately, this has left me severely out of pocket +and, even now, I can't afford to pay for the things I need for myself such as +this. + +As a direct result of my contributions, the Free Software community is in a +much better state than it was. +The [Free Software Foundation](https://www.fsf.org/) now hosts fsf.org and +[gnu.org](https://www.gnu.org/), as well as +[GNU Savannah](https://savannah.gnu.org/) (used by many GNU projects, for code +hosting and collaboration) on ASUS KGPE-D16 +servers, running Libreboot. Additionally, both the Free Software Foundation and +[Software Freedom Conservancy](https://sfconservancy.org/) use Libreboot laptops +almost exclusively in their offices. Thousands of people now use Libreboot. +Projects inspired by Libreboot have also appeared such as the +[TALOS II workstation](https://www.raptorcs.com/TALOSII/). + +I greatly appreciate any help that the community can give me, no matter how +big or small. It will mean a great deal to me, and allow me to focus on my +passions, including Libreboot. -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2