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[–] joojmachine@lemmy.ml 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

that's great, but is it forklift certified?

[–] parallax@local106.com 5 points 9 months ago

Asking the real questions.

[–] throwawayish@lemmy.ml 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Oh wow! This is excellent news! I hope they'll also provide other privacy/security related features like Heads, the removal of the camera and/or microphone modules, pre-installed privacy screen, tamper-evident screws and packaging.

[–] library_napper@monyet.cc 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

It says it has coreboot pre installed. I assume therefore its not difficult to flash Heads, which is based on coreboot?

[–] throwawayish@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago

Honestly, I don't know if that's the case; I always got scared whenever I saw the prerequisites for Heads in combination with the strict list of supported hardware. FWIW, the NV41 that's used for enabling Heads on NovaCustom's device is included in the short list of supported hardware for Heads, while -unfortunately- the same doesn't apply to the StarBook. I would love to be proven wrong though!

[–] library_napper@monyet.cc 3 points 9 months ago

Looks like a Purism. Is it any better?