Why are there no Librebooted desktops?
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I really want a 100% freed computer. The problem is I can't stand these old laptops. I don't like their little knobs in the middle of the keyboard. The touchpads are weak. The buttons are pitiful. Plus, I've always been a desktop person. Never owned a laptop and I'm not about to make my first a laptop with 15 year old technology.
I don't care that the CPU is old or that the innards are inferior to today's standards. I don't use any programs that require intense state of the art hardware. 8 GB of RAM and 1 TB would be plenty for me.
If there were a librebooted desktop I could still have my nice mouse, keyboard, big monitor, etc.
Is there a specific reason why no librebooted desktop exists?
Libreboot already supports computers for your desk. Both the Asus KFSN4-DRE and KGPE-D16 motherboards will go into a standard EEB tower case like the attached.
Also, I https://raptorengineeringinc.com/coreboot/kcma-d8-status.php that this is supposed to be go into Libreboot soon. It uses an ATX case.
Minifree sells the KGPE-D16 motherboard but it's somewhat spendy. I found the KFSN4-DRE on eBay for $75 which included two CPUs.
But in all cases, these boards are perfectly fine sitting on a desk. See picture for an example of a compatible case.
Is there a specific reason why no librebooted desktop exists?
It is by coincidence, I believe, that it has been easier to free a lot of laptop computers.
Never owned a laptop and I'm not about to make my first a laptop with 15 year old technology.
You don't need to (as jxself explained above).
Personally I like laptops, but if I wanted a libreboot desktop machine I would just use a thinkpad with a docking station, an external monitor, keyboard and mouse.
"(...)I would just use a thinkpad with a docking station, an external monitor, keyboard and mouse."
That's what I am doing. I like laptops and I am quite the opposite of what Trisk Spellian is writing about. I don't think that these old laptops are weak or pitiful. I like it that you can upgrade old thinkpads pretty easily and depending on the model make them really powerful. Unfortunately only a few of them can be librebooted.
My T400 has 8GB of RAM and about 1,5 TB on 2 SSDs. I also have the dockingstation and a wireless keyboard & mouse making it easy to connect it to my external monitor with FHD resolution. This is my alternative to a desktop. It's also very quiet.
I don't mind my laptops being clunky (compared to nowadays) as long as you can add stuff easily and it doesn't die at the first little bump.
And you can plug keyboards, mice and monitors to a laptop as well. The monitor's connector though might give you trouble, dunno. A laptop eats a lot less power than a desktop. I was a desktop person for a long time but now I have to admit I enjoy lugging my old laptop all around the house.
> I've still got an excessive number of project computers
:D Glad to hear I'm not alone!
Bacause unlike laptops motherboards are replaceable on dekstops - it's the motherboard that's important in this case.
for me I said farewell to desktops in 2006
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