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There is a news item about Framework, and it aint so good https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/frameworks-software-and-firmware-have-been-a-mess-but-its-working-on-them/ Framework has made a statement here: On a slightly more positive note, I contacted the person who was posting about recieving the broken Framework laptop: https://mastodon.social/@migy@chaos.social/111265509436439393 That was NOT Intel boot guard locked. and would like to port Coreboot onto (this is ofcourse different from the Chromebook version, as the hardware slightly differs) He was apparently a bit sick, dint put a presentation at past events and may do so still in the future: https://mastodon.social/@migy@chaos.social/112230204672516804 So yeah, community is a bit sad, frustrated. But Im hopefull, both for a normal Bios stable release (3.08 being stabe, but called beta) and possibly Coreboot in the future? Please do a piece on this situation, they ARE hiring a firmware person: https://jobs.lever.co/framework/36bcbf61-332d-4ab8-8c6d-20fffa1ef506 maybe worth pointing out for anyone intrested (also in teipei, 2 job offerings for this) but also unlikely for the unskilled people.Fearly sure you guys can find the firmware threads on the community pages, I get sad (ive posted tons, hope to have spread positivity). Talk to Patel, I dont need to be credited. I own a Framework laptop. Be honest and im hopefull for the future.

for now i posted a warning for my friends and family about this. and some contact details where to find me. I yeeted the apps from my phone (was already short on space) tiktok got yeeted earlier cause my ESET antivirus warned about it being able to install tojans. MORE space yeey to temporarily use FB, https://mbasic.facebook.com is facebook without javascript (love that idea already). not sure how long that would work. but its also a nice trigger to say goodbye to FB and Instagram (i used insta way more). the coolest family members dont use any of these anyway (they stopped posting on tiktok) its Discord or snapchat/whatsapp for the zoomers.

https://community.frame.work/t/12th-gen-intel-core-bios-3-06-beta/25726/370?u=codeasm I read they planned on this beta to become release but ran into issues. and yes, their partner was working on this. allocation of limited resources like human hours and humans in general (often not even theirs, but from the partner). the outcry does seem to have sparked more openess and a somewhat more idea of what to expect in the next months. sure sad it took so long, but like Linus media group, larger than a one guy shop, smaller then the big players. They will get there.

im also on there and maybe a bit of a fan. But I see the firmware issues, really hoping they get help and resources to fully develop these updates. the beta is supposed to add the thunderbolt support officially, it also is supposed to work already for some docks and modules. The negative comments over there just spiral down and they even had to lock the thread originally (some idiot spammed curse words due to lack of updates) so im glad its open again and some updates did come. sadly its still a slow one. I dont have a thunderbolt 4 device to test either old or new firmware but if there wasnt a intel bootguard, id have tried porting coreboot myself. What issues do you see with your USB? I havent, well, unless we count the ejecting procedure not always as easy (press the button and pull)and maybe i have issues with devices not always show up due to me using Arch linux and have updated the kernel (a reboot fixed it). Guess its more like a thinker laptop then normal consumers still. The tiny wire wasnt easy to solder. now have to flash the new firmware and beta firmware to see if my power standby issues appear less often. (I also always have issues with other hardware, so I blame electronics to be scared of me)

Ive had issues with a fan, send a video (actually, i posted a hidden YT video, cause email doesnt like large MP4 files) and they shipped me a fan replacement for free. positive support experience sofar. (i first was asked to do a little cleaning, and I tried, but the little bit of dust that would maybe be there, dint make a difference once removed). They did post in the thread about the beta firmware there where issues with the update method, especially for would be version 3.07 that they internally test. I hope they continue to work on this (cant Linus help them somehow? by allocating testers with some skills?)

Im getting tired of the negativity. cant we just have a small update?

On twitter, posting sh1ts. refreshing the frame.work page for that sweet anounchement they promissed

proof of non photoshoot.

would have been funny, sadly they would have to port xbmc to a even more dificult to get SDK. I know its a funny joke, but ive actually seen it asked before. For the Alpha kits, I think 2 SDK versions where "leaked"? non of the "retail" SDK can compile (normally) for the Alpha, so you need to backport any lib, any code and hope any of the multimedia stuff would function under Alpha code. Or.... get the PC build of XBMC (what now is called Kodi) on the windows 2000 (or XP, xp works on the VC820 aswell). small problem youll run into with trying any retail games besides the alpha hardware not doing any region checks, the executable is slightly a different format, a bit more like regual windows EXE then Xbox XBE.

This was a cool video

The boot splash from your Alpha can still be seen I think. put a original xbox gamedisk in a dvd player or pc and the animation shown there was the original intended bootsplash by the designer. the xbox sparkly swipe ends and then a message pops up. (newer games might just show the message) some pictures of early design docs here: https://setonkim.com/xboxdashboard maybe you reconize? And that Powermac is so cool, with the right Powermac, you can perfectly recreate the alphakit Im going to flash my ATI FireGL X3-256 with a XT800 firmware for mac, to just recreate an Alpha Xenon 360 (@TannerMcCoolman new video idea? )

Get you soundcard from https://dirtypcbs.com/store/designer/details/7953/6510/wm9701-zip or recreate it yourself https://github.com/CodeAsm/AlphaSound/blob/main/Documents/WM9707AMR.pdf (No no completed KiCad/eagle files from me, only the pdf) Please, if you do, like N64Freak, share your KiCad/Eagle files or atleas the gerber files. I planned to do so, but N64Freak was ahead of me, and started selling his. And then offered the top option with dirtypcb (and not sharing the gerber files and he doesnt really like the scene anymore. which I understand) If you like to know more, or need help diagnosing yours join the Xbox discords im probably in (and way more knowledgeable people are there) or check https://xboxdevwiki.net/Development_Kits#Franken_Alpha (ive tried making mistakes and documenting how to fix.) A PC with a serialport to WinDebug the Xbox alpha would really help you diagnosing your franken alpha. You dont need the audio card for the main dashboard to boot. Games, they may, need the audio card. The USB card isnt needed to boot the recovery iso, but you cannot press any controller buttons. but handy if you have only the Mobo, ram, cpu and videocard. The BOM for the audio card is this I think, (the bracket isnt really needed): 7 0.1uF 1608 C15, C27, C32, C40, C43, C45, C50 1 0.33uF 1608 C51 2 2.2uF 1608 C28, C35 5 10uF 1608 C6, C38, C49, C52, C53 2 22pF 1608 C33, C34 2 220pF 1608 C30, C37 1 0R 2012 L2 2 49R9 1608 R32, R57 2 220R 1608 R33, R36 2 47K 1608 R34, R37 1 10K 1608 R45 1 WM9703 TQFP U1 1 MC78L05ACD U3 1 NC7SZ66 SOT23-5 U4 1 24.576MHz X1 1 3.5mm Jack J9 1 3 pin header J15 1608 is Imperial, or 0805 Metric. I would hope you donate money to Borman18, from PtoPOnline and the museum he now works https://www.museumofplay.org/blog/author/andrew-borman/ Why? well, he gotten some of these prototype games, and after a donation run (I donated too) he shared them. And made wonderfull handy pictures for us to deduce what to do or how to make these franken alphas to work. I would especially love it, when you find some donation fundraiser for a prototype game to be released and chim in. cause thats what I do aswell, and its how I got my recovery disk for my franken alpha. lets release these babies and also maybe help former devs get some money for their old work (some of them sell their old stuff). I know, long text. Thanks linus for the awesome video. altho I kinda disagree on the powerfullness of the PC, remember the date it got made? AAnyway, great video, and YES, for sure MS learned tons about security, DRM and hackers thanks to this early xbox. Remmeber folks, anything on the OG xbox runs in Ring0, 1 exploit, no jail to escape, your already root XD Grab this free XBox hacking book by Bunnie Huang, THE early xbox hacker https://nostarch.com/xboxfree Ok im done infodumping for now. have a wonderful day.

This is Xbox one hardware? intresting Those certificates are stored on the drive i asume, arent those encrypted?

This was earlier "alpha" hardware. There where dedicated Xbox360 devkits (with sidecars). Same for the original Xbox, a "normal" PC was the prototype for the original xbox (and the earlier recovert actually installed windows 2000) (the exact hardware used is known, and "can" be recreated. the recovery iso's are out there. ive done it myself and some other people aswell. The audio board is tricky to get but with the right IC, a pcb can be made search "frankenalpha", results are also for xbox 360 G5 recreations, video ideas?) The Xbox one also had a alpha hardware, a PC called Durango, running a special build of windows 10 and well, ran with HyperV and no encryption at first. (software has been leaked, specs I dont know)From there, they probably got more dedicated hardware (AMD SoC on their own designed boards?) (not all details might be correct, but most gameconsoles had earlier hardware, during retail "normal" dev hardware and maybe a newer version (smaller or newer hardware)

Yes, those are actually very handy to have arround. the man pages where a bit of a learning curve for me back a few years ago (how to read them, where are examples, what do those numbers mean. old style organization we wont change) Maybe some popup that sources the man pages? Dint want to mention macos emediatly but their white terminal felt a lot more beginner friendly. (weird me enjoyed their FORTH bootloader language aswell)

I had alott of succes with macosx under qemu https://github.com/kholia/OSX-KVM on a 2012 i7 laptop (havent tried the latest release of macosx) For ARM, according to a Asahi dev, the actual ARM kernel will never (so far) be able to run under KVM or VM, due to Apples specific parts in silicon and requirements in the kernel. Asahi linux will therefor also not run under KVM/VM. But, was said, if you can get apples different ARM kernel, which was made for emulation, it will be maybe possible (they might distribute this with their SDK for debugging?) Or maybe we should compile our own ARM Darwin kernel If you can make "Clover bootloader" to boot on your machine, your a step closer to running macosx on your machine. (assuming the specs match some mac also)

I use Arch and Linux from scratch, so my opinion doesnt matter so much for CLI haters (newbies) and GUI lovers. What i do wanna note, (flatpack and ease of use without touching cli might be a blessing) changes in UI after updates, without notifying or changing the looks of certain elements are a pain. I got custom themes going on some systems, and when some apps update, they change the looks and now it all looks ugly. If the CLI is so scary, why dont these GUI distro make a CLI helper? add some autocompletion and in app command help? like, when you type, like in code editors (IDE), some popup with small bit of information what this command will do, a few commenly used arguments and maybe a clickable link to a page with more information? Everyone is making easier packages, more (different) package managers, but the CLI still seems to be scary. why not protect and help the user getting a fell for it? (make it less scary by adding a theme, white background, easy font, no scary access to /root (not immediately).

try find a "Service Manual" or parts lists file for your laptop. preferably one that isnt ment for customers but repair centers. They may contain all the part numbers for the parts that make up your laptop. If you have any serial numbers or product numbers, it may help find the exact parts used. Maybe the laptop manufacturer used a few variations for the display, but it might be enough to know the resolution. some Universal controllers (like the ones that use a LUA63A82) can be updated with a usb stick, you pick the right "firmware" from a large selection and use the usb to get the controller to set it self up for that particular resolution. If you are unable to open the display (like you appear to be) you might be able to use a "generic" config or some config that appears to be the same resolution (one of the AE sellers said to me, and others to just try another if the screen doenst look right) For the pinout, even if your unable to find the right display, the service manual might contain the laptop schematics, and hopefully also either the pinout of the connector but atleast the signals and the pin numbers. The white connector looks like it would be the actual LVDS connector (hope its not a newer weird protocol, probably not, lvds is still pretty much used alott) and pin 1 seems to be on the top (you see a mention of 30P and an arrow?) so it would be awesome if you find the service manual and the lvds signals (post your laptop model number and maybe someone already has a service manual) the black connector might contain the backlight signals, power connector and usb stuff for touch and camera. atleast find the ground and power signals (keep the motherboard arround to measure maybe which should be ground and what probably could be voltage for backlight (probably a line that goes to mosfets, bigger caps and such) You better have a voltmeter that can do continuity aswell (might be part of the diode mode or resistance mode). with buzzer(sound) might be very helpfull. so, not a powerline finder or big amp meter, a smaller one for electronics.

Dolphin (a graphical file browser) has a search option. it should be at the top near "Show Previews" and "Split" It then opens a searchbar and allows you to select to search for files or inside actual content, where to look from here, where you are, "your files" probably all in your home dir or even use search tools you got installed like Kfind, FSearch or Catfish. Thunar, another graphical file browser has the search option in the lower right and when you start typing, it searches in the folder your in. I guess this is what most filebrowsers allow, just start typing.

Now who would want windows back? can the windows boot manager boot Linux (the non-uefi one and the uefi one?) will it work cross-updates?

based on your picture I asume its a camera that outputs analog video, you could maybe use a USB AV grabber (also known as EasyCap) they come with a STK1160 or similiar IC. Linux has drivers/modules for these. But I asume you can run openWRT on it or have root. if you broke the onboard camera, I dont think you can replace it with a random camera you got from somewhere. these surface mounted (CMOS?) camera's come on a sertain bus, probably CSI (like the RaspberyPi uses). totaly depends on what kind of cmos sensor is used and if the Linux kernel installed has the required modules/drivers. if you have root/openwrt, you might be able to use a video grabber. or check if that module you shown, is actual USB (but I gues it was ment for car front or rear video recording, power, video, audio and ground leads) So I dont think you can do what you want. if you broke the onboard camera, a direct replacement for that cmos sensor is what you need for the best succesrate...but its realy dificult to solder such tiny devices. (aka imposible without smd soldering experiance)

You mean it isnt too powerfull? because if you can add any local storage or am fine with setting up a DHCP server that redirects to a ftp server or nfs, any cpu can be made to run almost any os and application. What you probably mean to say is, that thinclients commonly have very cheap but working cpu in them for terminal like applications, start word, browse the net, and store the information on a local network only. look into netboot if you cant fit a local storage device. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetBoot) But I think these thinclients come with either SATA (for laptop sized harddisks, they commonly dont provide any or enough power for a full sized desktop hdd (can be hacked tho)) IDE (older models) or CF card. I have a couple that have the older laptop ide (pata?) connector with a "SSD" card, 5gig windows xp embedded. Ideas: Network printer/scanner (connect the non-networked devices on this thinclient) or a NAS (using its usb ports) a save internet station for the mom or grandparrents. Home automation, add some weather reporting devices arround the house and make em report to your thinclient wich will host your private website with charts and meters (maybe a nice older monitor). maybe a combo of some of these ideas. Playstation2 modded can load games of a network storage, maybe load some games on a hdd and let your thinclient host these games, maybe your wii can even load stuff of the "samba" server. anyway, experiment.

Fail alott. dont be afraid to fail. like @Mira Yurizaki sais, begin small. maybe fix some puzzles but "practise makes perfect" no language is the best to begin with or the only tool for the job. youll start to see other languages have benefits too. just start slow and small. accept it when a goal is said to be too big, but anything that works is a great accomplisment for you (even if others dislike it or give feedback on how to improve it).