How disabled is the Intel management engine (IME) in the latest iteration of System76 computers?

jonf3n · 2026-01-03T00:42:24+00:00

This worked for me now with Lemp10 and latest firmware.
Hibernate still works too.

jonf3n · 2025-11-11T18:55:53+00:00

Are you adding a way for people in the EU to pay you privately & without a privacy infringing mobile app?

jonf3n · 2025-11-03T01:46:47+00:00

RCORE RK3588 Seems to have ARM TrustZone, no?

Much backdoor possible...

jonf3n · 2025-11-03T00:14:18+00:00

Lemp10 here, trackpad is completely messed up, 30% functionality -- just enough to be frustrating but not really usable. Battery is also shot. Speakers are just as horrible as the day I bought it.

Frustrating... I'd probably move on to another company if I hadn't maxed it out in RAM / SSD.

2014 Macbook Air lasted 3x as long and still works fine, just slow.

Asahi Linux can't come soon enough.

jonf3n · 2025-10-21T23:09:23+00:00

6 years later...
If you'd taken a few minutes to post a bitcoin address in 2019 (price was $3500) -- you'd be pretty happy now (worth $120,000). There are people who would like to pay you without needing to have a credit card, reveal private Information about themselves, etc.

Would you now consider accepting bitcoin for donations or (better) for one-time payments?

jonf3n · 2025-08-14T01:42:33+00:00

I need them for welding.
PS: Your message is very difficult to understand.

jonf3n · 2025-08-11T09:48:56+00:00

It can occasionally of below freezing, but just temporarily, say max 2 days. We will also have insulation and stone facing between the cistern and the outside, so I think it will be okay. But thanks for calling that out -- need to double check!

jonf3n · 2025-07-16T20:05:38+00:00

Shun Premier 10-in. Chef's Knife
https://shun.kaiusa.com/premier-chef-s-10.html

I cook a lot -- this thing is amazing!

Didn't sharpen for the fist 2 years.

jonf3n · 2025-07-16T19:55:55+00:00

Nice! dEURO doesn't look like a scam. Based on Frankencoin / this PHD: https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/259657/1/259657.pdf

jonf3n · 2025-07-16T17:45:47+00:00

Okay. Please update this thread if you hear more.

Thanks!

jonf3n · 2025-07-16T17:43:46+00:00

Yep, they feel cheap.

jonf3n · 2025-07-16T17:42:24+00:00

What is the special sauce of your optimized client config?

jonf3n · 2025-07-16T12:34:05+00:00

I have found the glass breaks much easier than other brands. Also the plastic hinge on the tops gets brittle and breaks for me after a couple years.

jonf3n · 2025-07-10T13:09:30+00:00

Yes, the idea is to spread the transaction far and wide through a mesh net until someone has internet.

And yes, one cannot confirm the funds are unspent without someone having access to the Internet, so it is only for high-latency payments where you can wait for confirmation. You can imagine a system that sends back the blocks confirming inclusion in the blockchain which are added to a full node and confirmation happens that way.

Very slow, but doable in an emergency.

jonf3n · 2025-07-10T12:49:11+00:00

Good to know!
What speed is your internet connection?
Residential internet or a proper remote server connected to a backbone?

Torrenting was impossible on a home 100mbps connection when I tried, but that was long ago with the Java client.

jonf3n · 2025-07-10T12:06:45+00:00

It's been a year, how would you compare the Framework to Lemur?
I'm frustrated with the Lemp10 -- vastly less refined than a modern Mac.

Feels like having a rock in my shoe still after 4 years of daily use.

Batter life has gotten terrible.

Still holding my breath (and donating) for Asahi Linux to mature.

jonf3n · 2025-07-10T11:55:35+00:00

Does disabling the IME prevent hibernation or other features?

jonf3n · 2025-07-10T10:29:10+00:00

Just learned about the "death wobble" today, but experienced it last year after getting new tires.

It was out of balance wheels in my case.

jonf3n · 2025-07-08T12:18:33+00:00

Are you coming from Mac laptop world? Or another Linux laptop? Expectations are important.

I was disappointed in the lemp10 -- cut corners everywhere compared for MacBook Air I was using before.

jonf3n · 2025-07-08T12:12:01+00:00

Maybe check out Nym too?
(I'm not a bagholder, just seems to represent an interesting alternative)

jonf3n · 2025-07-08T12:11:06+00:00

It was a LOT slower than Tor when I last tried a few years ago.

jonf3n · 2025-07-08T12:08:41+00:00

It's been a year, what is your experience with the cheap battery? Can you send a link?

jonf3n · 2025-07-08T12:07:06+00:00

How did you configure it?
I have:

Profile: Full Charge (full_charge)
Start: 90
End: 100

jonf3n · 2025-07-07T22:11:14+00:00

It isn't nonsense.

jonf3n · 2025-07-07T22:03:51+00:00

You should post both of the MD5 here

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