Received: from libre-soc.org (libre-soc.org [46.235.227.77]) by gbr-app-1.alpinelinux.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 899BA223709 for <~alpine/devel@lists.alpinelinux.org>; Wed, 1 Mar 2023 14:00:12 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lkcl.net; s=201607131; h=Content-Type:Cc:To:Subject:Message-ID:Date:From:References: In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID :Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To: Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe :List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=9Q/1EGWSpfpIC9ryxtzxYYwsSPSNlwPWDRN21TE0D+s=; b=bX/nj/nmcHfddxa7Xa1DSGnpRg PAbh7PlnNT2OL/oaK86vRzMs4bWKpy+KAq6gyn+cyh1ASA0s+dAPXvTufH0fNIMW0suRbDhBZgZwR Rz92pnCKfW3PiingcoAeFc62V4xcDX8eT4smGmrU4dJbC5YOgJWjt85G+kB1UMn8Qflk=; Received: from mail-vs1-f44.google.com ([209.85.217.44]) by libre-soc.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1pXN07-0007r5-Qc for ~alpine/devel@lists.alpinelinux.org; Wed, 01 Mar 2023 14:00:11 +0000 Received: by mail-vs1-f44.google.com with SMTP id f31so19218433vsv.1 for <~alpine/devel@lists.alpinelinux.org>; Wed, 01 Mar 2023 06:00:11 -0800 (PST) X-Gm-Message-State: AO0yUKUZktsW80y5GRah8nDXFIAJFZCkw2s6UtsqoiLTvPTDC6giJtil mYlmTKCmvaIWlDt34uzkD4oVI63SB0sA83Po56I= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AK7set/4A49QZ7ZwbVeF8dakI+9FDBH3drlBBWs+/0veAOuIXeb3GQFNS5+sGdSW8kxhopS4z8bDTNei9b+VHHXyQjw= X-Received: by 2002:a67:ee19:0:b0:416:8ea0:7f9b with SMTP id f25-20020a67ee19000000b004168ea07f9bmr4468107vsp.2.1677679210706; Wed, 01 Mar 2023 06:00:10 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 2002:a59:b642:0:b0:3aa:c9ac:ba4c with HTTP; Wed, 1 Mar 2023 06:00:10 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <7cf6e0db838036c690e5d91d6fd4850a@dismail.de> References: <0746b91ccfae1263220272a0507fa75f@dismail.de> <87d4d0e8-c179-1a86-85c9-3b72e976c33a@vantosh.com> <7cf6e0db838036c690e5d91d6fd4850a@dismail.de> From: Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2023 14:00:10 +0000 X-Gmail-Original-Message-ID: Message-ID: Subject: Re: Hoping to donate/sell a Talos II motherboard To: "jbranso@dismail.de" Cc: "Toshaan Bharvani | VanTosh" , Efraim Flashner , "guix-devel@gnu.org" , "debian-devel@lists.debian.org" , "debian-hpc@lists.debian.org" , "gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org" , "ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com" , "~alpine/devel@lists.alpinelinux.org" <~alpine/devel@lists.alpinelinux.org>, "misc@openbsd.org" , Sameer Shende Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="00000000000066bcdb05f5d721d9" --00000000000066bcdb05f5d721d9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Wednesday, March 1, 2023, wrote: > March 1, 2023 5:11 AM, "Toshaan Bharvani | VanTosh" wrote: >> Yes, please, I am interested. >> I would use it for PowerEL, LibreBMC and LibreSOC. >> All open source projects. >> Is this just a board or also a CPU? > > It is just the motherboard. :) so someone has to spend maybe an additional... USD... 1000? 2000? to get it into a useful state. minimum 128 GB preferably a lot more than that (in order to host multiple VMs), plus SSDs / HDDs, plus a minimum 1,000 watt power supply. > donate to the university of Oregon, whose contact is Toshaan Bharvani. ah no. Two SEPARATE options: * donate to University of Oregon, whose contact is Sameer Shende, and if they agree they can add it to the multiple POWER9 systems which are already available to FOSS Groups through the OpenPOWER Hub, have been for a few years now. * donate to Vantosh Ltd, whose contact is Toshaan Bharvani, who already also hosts POWER9 systems for FOSS Projects (Libre-SOC in particular), and who is the maintainer of the PowerEL distribution. l. -- --- crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68 --00000000000066bcdb05f5d721d9 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On Wednesday, March 1, 2023, <jbranso@dismail.de> wrote:
> March 1, 2023 5:11 AM, "= Toshaan Bharvani | VanTosh" <toshaan@vantosh.com> wrote:

>> Yes, please, I am inter= ested.
>> I would use it for PowerEL, LibreBMC and LibreSOC.
&g= t;> All open source projects.
>> Is this just a board or also a= CPU?
>
> It is just the motherboard.=C2=A0 :)

so someon= e has to spend maybe an additional...=C2=A0 USD... 1000?
2000? to get i= t into a useful state. =C2=A0minimum 128 GB preferably
a lot more than t= hat (in order to host multiple VMs),
plus SSDs / HDDs, plus a minimum 1,= 000 watt power supply.


> donate to the university of Oregon, = whose contact is Toshaan Bharvani.

ah no.

Two SEPARATE option= s:

* donate to University of Oregon, whose contact is Sameer Shende,=
=C2=A0and if they agree they can add it to the multiple POWER9
=C2= =A0systems which are already available to FOSS Groups through
=C2=A0the= OpenPOWER Hub, have been for a few years now.

* donate to Vantosh L= td, whose contact is Toshaan Bharvani,
=C2=A0who already also hosts POW= ER9 systems for FOSS Projects
=C2=A0(Libre-SOC in particular), and who = is the maintainer of
=C2=A0the PowerEL distribution.

l.

<= br>--
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crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eom= a68

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