Hello, On 04/12/2016 10:20 AM, Daniel Pocock wrote: > How many can be upgraded to Debian and operated with 100% free software, > no binary firmware blobs at all? Is there any comparison table that is > useful for people buying these things with the intention of running free > software? I have a Netgear ReadyNAS 104 here that runs Debian. The only part that I didn't replace is the bootloader. Mine has an ancient U-Boot, but there might be newer revisions that are already dt aware. Minimal support for that machine is supported by barebox, but I didn't dare to replace U-Boot yet (because I have problems booting via UART). The NAS is driven by an Marvell Armada 370 SoC and up to now you need a binary blob to initialize RAM. IMHO the not-so-nice thing with commercially available NAS boxes is that they are all a bit short on RAM. Mine has 512 MiB. Something I was surprised at is that scp is quite noticeable slower than unencrypted transfers. Best regards Uwe
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