OPEN HARDWARE
Open source PowerPC laptop
The ongoing project looks for crowdfunding.
Everyone is mad for the open source hardware, but it’s hard!
CREDIT: Slimbook
Since IBM open sourced its PowerPC processors (see Newsdesk, LXF255) there’s been more interest in trying to create open source PowerPC systems, such as the Raptor Talos II. An alternative project that was started back in 2017 (by Power Progress Community, www.powerprogress.org) is attempting to build a complete open source designed laptop, based on the NXP T2080 PowerPC processor.