Software Development

  • Status Closed
  • Percent Complete
    100%
  • Task Type Implementation Request
  • Category General
  • Assigned To
    coadde
    Emulatorman
    tobias
  • Operating System Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre
  • Severity Critical
  • Priority Very High
  • Reported Version Any
  • Due in Version Canis Major v1.0
  • Due Date Undecided
  • Votes 1
  • Private
Attached to Project: Software Development
Opened by Emulatorman - 09/01/2019
Last edited by tobias - 12/07/2022

FS#1336 - POWER (ppc64le) porting

The unfortunate reality is that x86 computers come encumbered with built-in low-level backdoors like the Intel Management Engine , as well as nonfree boot firmware. This means that users can’t gain full control over their computers, even if they install a free operating system such as Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre .

Hyperbola is working hard to fix these issues and getting closer every day, but for the time being, this is why many current Respects Your Freedom (RYF) offerings are refurbished older devices.

For the future of free computing, we need support architectures that do not come with such malware pre-installed, and the Power9-based Talos II promises to be a great architecture example for workstations and servers environments where Hyperbola is focused since is a fully free long-term support distribution.

Devices like this are the future of computing that Respects Your Freedom and for that reason it’s a high priority for Hyperbola port all packages for the POWER architecture (power64le).

NOTE: POWER porting is focused only for Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre .

Closed by  tobias
12.07.2022 22:47
Reason for closing:  Won't implement
Additional comments about closing:  

With the concurrent support and donations the Hyperbola-project is receiving there will be only x86 / x86_64 possible. More architectures being supported needs also more people looking after the code!

Very kind of you to do this, how many powerpc computers will this support?

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Very kind of you to do this, how many powerpc computers will this support?

ppc64le requires, at minimum, a POWER8 processor machine; POWER9 hardware is also supported. There are, at this moment, a plenty of POWER8 and POWER9 machines for workstations and servers being sold by different companies such as Raptor Computing Systems and IBM.

Good initiative. I also hope we will see more affordable POWER machines in the future. Unfortunately, the current TALOS pricing (even the upcoming matx board) is too pricey for me and with the shipping, customs fees.. So well, I'm stuck with x86_64 coreboot'ed machines for the moment.
Hopefully this port of Hyperbola will drive more and more people to free hardware and thus eventually lower prices of such hardware for everyone in the upcoming years!

"Hopefully this port of Hyperbola will drive more and more people to free hardware and thus eventually lower prices of such hardware for everyone in the upcoming years!"

Agreed, I wholeheartedly agree.

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