Fondet for fri software har certificeret moderkortene Talos II

Free Software Foundation den new devices that have received the certificate “Respect Your Freedom“, which confirms the device's compliance kravene with user privacy and freedom and grants the right to use a special logo in product-related materials, highlighting the provision of full control over the device to the user. The FSF also has launched a separate website for the initiative Respect Your Freedom (ryf.fsf.org), where information on certified equipment can be obtained and the necessary code downloaded.

The certificate is issued for motherboards Talos II og Talos II Lite, produced by Raptor Computing Systems. These are the first motherboards to receive the FSF certification, aimed at using POWER9 processors. The Talos II board supports the installation of two POWER9 processors and is equipped with
16 DDR4 slots (up to 2TB RAM), 3 PCIe 4.0 x16 slots, two PCIe 4.0 x8 slots, two Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet ports, 4 USB 3.0 ports, one USB 2.0 and two RS-232. An optional Microsemi SAS 3.0 controller can be supplied. The Talos II Lite is a simplified single-processor variant, offering fewer DDR4 and PCIe 4.0 slots.

All source texts of firmware, bootloader, and operating system components tilgængelige are under a free license. The BMC controller installed on the board is built using the open stack OpenBMC. The boards are also notable for providing support for reproducible builds, ensuring that the firmware used on the board is built from the provided source texts (the FSF has verified the identity of the build and published checksums for verification).

To obtain certification from the FSF, the product must meet the following kravene:

• levering af frie drivere og firmware;
• alt software, der leveres med enheden, skal være frit;
• mangel på DRM-begrænsninger;
• the ability to have full control over the operation of the device;
• support for udskiftning af firmware;
• support for fuldstændig frie GNU/Linux-distributioner;
• brug af ikke-patenterede formater og softwarekomponenter;
• tilgængelighed af fri dokumentation.

Blandt tidligere certificerede enheder kan nævnes:

• Laptops TET-X200, TET-X200T, TET-X200s, TET-T400, TET-T400s, and TET-T500 (refurbished variants of Lenovo ThinkPad X200, T400, and T500), Vikings X200, Gluglug X60 (Lenovo ThinkPad X60), Libreboot X200 (Lenovo ThinkPad X200), Taurinus X200 (Lenovo ThinkPad X200), Libreboot T400 (Lenovo ThinkPad T400);
• PC Vikings D8 Workstation;
• Wireless routers ThinkPenguin, ThinkPenguin TPE-NWIFIROUTER, TPE-R1100 og Wireless-N Mini Router v2 (TPE-R1200);
• 3D printers LulzBot AO-101 og LulzBot TAZ 6;
• Wireless USB adapters Tehnoetic TET-N150, TET-N150HGA, TET-N300, TET-N300HGA, TET-N300DB, TET-N450DB, Penguin PE-G54USB2, Penguin TPE-N300PCIED2, TPE-NHMPCIED2, TPE-NMPCIE
• Motherboards TET-D16 (ASUS KGPE-D16 with Coreboot firmware), Vikings D16, Vikings D8 (ASUS KCMA-D8);
• Controller eSATA / SATA with PCIe interface (6Gbps);
• Lydkort Vikings (USB), Penguin TPE-USBSOUND og TPE-PCIESNDCRD;
• Docking stations TET-X200DOCK og TET-T400DOCK for the X200, T400, and T500 laptop series,
• Bluetooth-adapter TET-BT4 USB;
• Programmer Zerocat Chipflasher;
• Tablet Minifree Libreboot X200 Tablet.
• Ethernet-adaptere PCIe Gigabit Ethernet (TPE-1000MPCIE, dual port), PCI Gigabit Ethernet (TPE-1000MPCI), Penguin 10/100 USB Ethernet v1 (TPE-100NET1) og Penguin 10/100 USB v2 (TPE-100NET2);
• Mikrofon Penguin TPE-USBMIC med USB-interface, adapter TPE-USBPARAL.

Kilde: opennet.ru