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SiteAdmin:
A formal update on Blackbird has been released (https://twitter.com/RaptorCompSys/status/1548061751396028421)
--- Quote ---Offical update on #Blackbird : Our commit date is August 31, 2022 for order fulfillment & restock. It's been a challenging year with supply issues, fab closures, massive inflation, and COVID delays everywhere, but owner controlled desktop computing will be available again soon!
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First, we'd like to thank everyone here for their patience. Rest assured we've been burning the midnight oil and applying significant resources over a long period of time to ensure that the Blackbird would be available again as soon as possible, while also trying to mitigate price increases. This was all being done while we were still providing a workable hardware and software stack for desktop use -- as an example, we continue to maintain Chromium for ppc64le, and Chromium is a complex piece of software with a fast major and security release cadence. Without your financial support in ordering these owner controlled platforms, none of this would be possible.
Second, we'd definitely like to hear back from you all when you do receive your units -- public tweets, reviews, etc. are much appreciated, and will help drive further adoption of the platform and of owner controller computing in general. We note that the FSF is slowly attempting to transition to blob-free systems (https://www.fsf.org/blogs/sysadmin/closing-in-on-fully-free-bioses-with-the-fsf-tech-team) and especially given the shift to everything-as-a-service this goal is more important than ever.
Thank you all for your patience during these extremely challenging times, and we hope that the platform is worth the wait!
ClassicHasClass:
Excellent! I'll take two Arctic Terns now, Alex.
MPC7500:
Great. Does this also mean faster boot times?
Borley:
--- Quote from: SiteAdmin on July 15, 2022, 04:56:23 pm ---Thank you all for your patience during these extremely challenging times, and we hope that the platform is worth the wait!
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Level heads and long term perspectives prevail in tumultuous times. I hope you at Raptor know just how important the work that you're doing is.
--- Quote ---Second, we'd definitely like to hear back from you all when you do receive your units -- public tweets, reviews, etc. are much appreciated, and will help drive further adoption of the platform and of owner controller computing in general.
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I will be able run and review more elaborate testing once I have a duplicate staging system available to try the crazier things on. My one and only Blackbird being a critical primary system has been a source of caution.
Hasturtium:
Deleted - don’t want to clutter the thread with off-topic stuff, but if anybody can lend insight on why I can’t get date and hwclock to agree, I’d be grateful. Thread here: https://forums.raptorcs.com/index.php/topic,7.msg3065.html#msg3065
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