I am a Computer Hardware professional. I started working with computer technology in the early eighties. I have seen the evolution of technology starting with closed platforms like the game console era and then the move toward open platforms like the Home Computer Golden Age. In the last 5 or 10 years, I have witnessed technology changes that are slowly moving away from open hardware designs towards hardware that is locked down and can’t be modified by the user.
  • just_another_person@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 days ago

    I’d make an argument for the opposite if we’re talking about the general field. The major OEMs are going head first into enshittification, while other companies are building for more open ecosystems.

    For anyone looking for a list of manufacturers intentionally trying to make their hardware more compatible with open ecosystems:

    • Framework
    • System76
    • ASRock
    • Minisforum
    • Slimbook (they make the KDE branded laptop)
    • MNT
    • GL.iNet (routers only so far)
    • Penguin
    • Supermicro
    • Star Labs
    • Pine
    • Clevo

    I’m sure there are others, but these are the ones that are deliberately building intentionally FOR mass compatibility, unlike HP, Dell, Lenovo, ASUS…etc.

    This is not to say there aren’t some models from the major manufacturer product lines that aren’t widely compatible, but their main focus is not those products.

    • nossaquesapao@lemmy.eco.brEnglish
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      3 days ago

      Thank you for the list. We have a tendency to criticize bad actors, but we forget that it’s important to promote the ones going the right direction.

      • just_another_person@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        8 days ago

        ASRock servers, minipcs and mitx industrial boards are highly compatible with Linux, and it’s intentional. Sometimes trailing chipset versions just to stay that way.

  • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    8 days ago

    Can someone tell Scott that they added the driver for his laptop on November 29th? Almost a month before he made this post.

    Further, from some light reading on the subject after searching around it sounds like since most stuff is moving to NVMe drives, Intel is indeed slowly removing ACHI from newer devices, which does mean you need those IRST drivers to boot and recognize disks.

    I think it’s less companies trying to fuck us over and a hiccup in the slow but steady adoption and adaptation of new technologies.

    EDIT:

    Here’s the Intel Rapid Store Technology driver for the other PC he pointed out, too. This one was added in November 2023.

    This seems like it’s a non-issue and maybe this guy just doesn’t know what the IRST acronym stands for?

    Much ado about literally nothing. This is literally based on nothing but his own speculation based on his failure to find these drivers that literally exist and are available. Honestly should be removed as misinformation since both PCs he mentioned have IRST drivers available right now.

    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      8 days ago

      most stuff is moving to NVMe drives,

      NO!!! GOD DAMMIT, NO!!! 2.5" SSD’s JUST NOW GOT CHEAP ENOUGH TO BUY!!! NO!!! FUCK ALL THIS PLANNED OBSOLETE CRAP!!! I’m going to keep buying SSD’s, and I have a whole little system. It’s like NES cartridges.

      I buy the big ones as the slave drives, and the little ones as the OS drives. And when I want to swap out, I just turn off my PC, swap out one hard drive for another, and pristo bingo blammo I’m on a tottally different OS.

      • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
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        8 days ago

        Okay that’s totally fine, SATA ports aren’t going anywhere for a while. And you can always add more via PCIe cards. Just buy regular size boards and you’ll be fine.