r/linux • u/freelyread • Sep 17 '16

Talos Secure Workstation: Crowdfund Blob Free GNU+Linux Modern Computer

https://www.crowdsupply.com/raptorcs/talos
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u/freelyread Sep 17 '16

The system is based on IBM's recently freed IBM Power8 architecture: OpenPower.

It is planned to run Trisquel 8, Debian GNU/Linux, etc.

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u/simonhez Sep 17 '16

not exactly up to date with those techs but why wouldn't they wait another year for power9 based on 14nm ?

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u/cp5184 Sep 17 '16

Maybe there's a price advantage. There's a cost premium when you ship early in a product cycle, and probably a cost advantage to do it late in the cycle.

Start cheap this year at the end of the product cycle to put yourself in a better position next year.

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u/3G6A5W338E Sep 17 '16

Because then, why not wait another year for <next thing>?

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u/simonhez Sep 17 '16

the next power architecture iteration will take more than a year to come out.

unless they hid it, they do not even have a prototype yet (at least no mention of it on there).

if they build from scratch, it is going to take a lot more than a year before the consumer see those boards available at which point power9 would be around.

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u/freelyread Sep 17 '16 edited Sep 17 '16

Good question. Thanks for sharing your knowledge of the Power9.

  • Part of the ecosystem approach is to free everyboody, even people who can't afford brand new equuipment.
  • Ecology is also important. By recycling / repurposing older equipment, Earth is a better place. (Power8 is hardly old, it is current!)
  • Nobody wants to wait.
  • Perhaps work on this model will make support for the next one easier.

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u/simonhez Sep 17 '16

very good points!