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Lucie / minute @mntmn.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14h

today @theawesomerandomness hand-picked&placed rev 3 of the MNT Quasar module with the so far elusive CQ8750S processor. and this time, it turned on successfully and booted into the vendor's stock android console :D i was able to confirm in sysfs that it […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

mnt quasar rev d-3 with the second engineering sample of thundercomm thunderx c8750 soldered

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Lucie / minute @mntmn.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

these are the first (ever) two shipping MNT Reform Next open hardware laptops! going out this friday to Crowd Supply.

a black hyper reform next and a purple hyper reform next on a white table surface, shot from above. the displays still have protective foil on them.

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Lucie / minute @mntmn.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

one of the last details was laser engraving the model number badge.

closeup of laser engraved model number badge of mnt reform next

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Lucie / minute @mntmn.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/08/2026

OK, our little computer/server/NAS is online at Crowd Supply: www.crowdsupply.com/mnt-research/mn… The main idea was to have a high-end enclosure for the classic MNT Reform mainboard to give it a second life, but you can as well build an open […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

a stack of 3 aluminum cases in silver, petrol, and black colorways. the lowest one has a MNT Reform laptop mainboard in it

the black MNT Reform station with 2 cute external wi-fi antennas and one of the 10 front panel LEDs glowing red

close-up of the front panel with one red LED glowing

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Lucie / minute @mntmn.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/08/2026

MNT Reform Next production parts assembly pre-check done with @theawesomerandomness, all bulk custom and OTS flex cables for all MNT Reform Nexts confirmed and ordered, complete screw list confirmed. production trackpad button PCBs are on the way to us, and CNC company promised they're finishing […]

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Lucie / minute @mntmn.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/07/2026

a new black version of the MNT Pocket Reform vegan leather sleeve is now available in the shop: shop.mntre.com/products/mnt-pocket-… designed by @theawesomerandomness and made in Portugal from Desserto vegan cactus leather substitute. it's very smooth. buckle is metal.

a photo of the new black MNT Pocket Reform sleeve, made from Desserto cactus leather

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theawesomerandomness @theawesomerandomness.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/07/2026

Purple keyboard enclosures arrived 💜 Tina the dog is overwhelmed with the beauty of this colour 😄🫟

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Lucie / minute @mntmn.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/06/2026

a quick suspend/resume demo with the MNT Quasar 6490 Pocket Reform

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Lucie / minute @mntmn.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/05/2026

this is OpenBSD 7.9 installed to an USB stick on RK3588-powered MNT Pocket Reform. the display was set up by the @barebox bootloader for which i commissioned @ailurux to port the RK3588 DSI etc display drivers. the framebuffer is passed to OpenBSD via EFI GOP […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

OpenBSD 7.9 windowmaker desktop running on MNT Pocket Reform open hardware mini laptop. there's firefox with glowing bear running in the background, as well as htop and fastfetch.

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theawesomerandomness @theawesomerandomness.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/02/2026

The first RCORE batch of 2026 and some Pocket Reforms for Crowd Supply are shipping soon 💪🏻👩🏼‍🏭

A lot of almost finished pocket reform laptops and RCORE carrier boards on my table

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Lucie / minute @mntmn.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/12/2025

mnt touch reform (placeholder name) prototype which @theawesomerandomness put all her craft into making a reality that actually feels much nicer than it is allowed to feel (mostly pocket reform internals, and she designed the case in freecad and 3d printed […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Lucie / minute @mntmn.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/12/2025

here is something positive: MNT Reform Next sleeve sample version 3 came in yesterday and it looks really good! designed by @theawesomerandomness and manufactured by Nítido in Portugal with vegan cactus leather by Desserto from Mexico

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Lucie / minute @mntmn.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/12/2025

another next level processor module, MNT Quasar with Qualcomm Dragonwing QCS8550 assembled by @theawesomerandomness

a freshly baked MNT Quasar with shiny thundercomm C8550 SOM soldered

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Lucie / minute @mntmn.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/12/2025

little teaser from yesterday's prototyping with @theawesomerandomness

it's a rough prototype of mnt reform touch, a currently thicc 7 inch oshw tablet

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theawesomerandomness @theawesomerandomness.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/11/2025

10 years since Tina arrived in Berlin. One photo still from the shelter, the other - from a few minutes ago ❤️

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Lucie / minute @mntmn.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/10/2025

RCORE RK3588 testing prep!

a big table with lots of purple pcbs lined up. in the back looms a desktop reform showing testing instructions on screen

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Lucie / minute @mntmn.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/11/2025

lil touch test (finally found the i2c usb adapter while cleaning up forsaken corners of the studio with @theawesomerandomness )

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Lucie / minute @mntmn.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/10/2025

we launched 4 little products in the MNT shop today, 3 of them are spare parts for MNT Pocket Reform and 1 is a new *iridescent/holo fabric* version of the MNT Reform Sleeve! 1. shop.mntre.com/products/mnt-pocket-… 2 […]

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Lucie / minute @mntmn.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/10/2025

here is a rare interview based article on MNT Reform and open hardware in general, in german but i think modern browsers have a built-in babelfish. i said more political things that didn't make the cut (about surveillance tech industry (chat control, thorn etc), right-wing tech, our products […]

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holo//memory @holo-memory.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2025

purple-pink is a good color

purple pocket reform and purple mnt keyboard, both with magenta keyboard backlight, are on the table, accompanied by a cup of coffee.

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holo//memory @holo-memory.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2025

berliners: where do you buy your used books nowadays? (boost is ok 📚)

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Lucie / minute @mntmn.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2025

installed wasteland 2 via steam, works! also nice that trackpad gesture works

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Lucie / minute @mntmn.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2025

[dog looking straight at you (EC)] outtake from press photoshoot where tina the dog looks cute (and tele lens making her snout look much shorter than it is lol)

tina, black little dog (mudi mix?) looking directly into the camera. behind her is me, unsharp, holding her and looking on

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Lucie / minute @mntmn.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2025

yooo we got debian 13 iso installed and booting on MNT Quasar prototype! @cas did most of the work and tina was barking and demanding snacks

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Lucie / minute @mntmn.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2025

did a manual shake test to see if the battery holders are stable now

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theawesomerandomness @theawesomerandomness.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2025

Maybe someone is going (or knows someone who is going) to this festival?

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Lucie / minute @mntmn.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2025

the re-routed version 4 of the MNT Reform Next motherboard arrived and @theawesomerandomness assembled it yesterday and i immediately tested the camera's usb3/superspeed modes, and yeah, the new routing and stackup made it work, at least on one of the two internal usb3 controllers!

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Lucie / minute @mntmn.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2025

i can finally show you the supporter t-shirt design for MNT Reform Next! this is a test print in size M (too big for me, i mostly wear S). it's a 4-color screenprint and i did the design this time, based on many small MNT/Reform related design elements made […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

me in an oversized black shirt with mnt reform next design and purple/pink hair looking sideways

me in an oversized black shirt with mnt reform next design and purple/pink hair looking towards the camera with iced decaf in one hand (it's very hot here r/n)

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Lucie / minute @mntmn.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/07/2025

i've been a bit more quiet here over the last weeks, but there has been tons of activity at MNT. most importantly: @theawesomerandomness has been working tirelessly on building and packaging MNT Reforms and MNT Pocket Reforms (incl. DIY kits), supported in […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

stacks of black boxes and cardboard boxes with MNT logos on them on a table at the studio. these contain MNT Pocket Reforms going soon to people who've ordered them in our shop. Tina the dog is lurking cutely under the table

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Lucie / minute @mntmn.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/06/2025

multi track drifting

my pov in high speed train to karlsruhe, reform next proto on my lap with terminal stuff, and pocket reform behind it showing login screen

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Lucie / minute @mntmn.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/06/2025

(wanted to post this last night, but then mastodon social was down) the MNT Desktop Reform case design is finally done now, incl. lots of mounting options, easily programmable LEDs, power button, secondary (micro)-HDMI, and mousebites to choose between […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

a mnt reform classic motherboard in the new "desktop" case, in an iso 3d view in freecad

the same item, but viewed from below, displaying 3 sets of mounting holes (incl 2x vesa) and two slots for passing cables through to a potential downstream box (for batteries etc)

the same item, but showing the other port cover, which has the power button, LEDs, SD card slot etc

kicad 3d viewer showing the back of the front panel/port cover incl. 10 reverse mounted LEDs and a reverse mounted power button

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Lucie / minute @mntmn.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/06/2025

anyone going to GPN in karlsruhe next week? will be there with @theawesomerandomness

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Lucie / minute @mntmn.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/05/2025

classic MNT Reform with RK3588 manufacturing is running! (photo and assembly of laptops by @theawesomerandomness)

2 rows of 7 upside down MNT Reform laptops each on a table. in the background, Tina the dog chilling on the company sofa

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Lucie / minute @mntmn.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/05/2025

tried to implement scrolling inertia (so that you can "flick" and don't have to scroll scroll scroll which feels like work) in the reform next trackpad... i think it works out pretty well. this shall be configurable of course

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Lucie / minute @mntmn.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/05/2025

trying out color combos for MNT Desktop Reform (affordable version). the bases are 3D printed and lid is aluminum.

2 more combos: black/black and black/pastel purple

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Lucie / minute @mntmn.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/05/2025

RCORE R-2 (the adapter board for Firefly RK3588 modules for the MNT Reform series) is finally technically done, just some checks and small polishing left for tomorrow. aside from minor bugfixes, a bigger change is the WIFI/BT connector. i exchanged SDIO/UART […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

MNT RCORE R-2 PCB in KiCAD 3D viewer, top view.

MNT RCORE R-2 PCB in KiCAD 3D viewer, roughly isometric view

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theawesomerandomness @theawesomerandomness.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/05/2025

A small pet is investigating PET samples 🧐 (for MNT Desktop Reform)

little dog sniffing 3D printed computer enclosure

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Lucie / minute @mntmn.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/05/2025

got gpn23 ticket

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Lucie / minute @mntmn.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/04/2025

ok, the new top back plate for the MNT Pocket Reform is finally in our shop at cost. it improves Wi-Fi reception because the outer zones are not covered with copper anymore (design error in the original). shop.mntre.com/products/mnt-pocket-… we don't have a cheap way to […]

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rar is win @xyla.zip · 03/04/2025

a simplified drawing showing the inside of your vacuum cleaner: there's the rotating brush, the electric motor, the fan and the intake port
further up, there is kirby sucking everything into the vacuum cleaner

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Lucie / minute @mntmn.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/04/2025

we published a new About page on our website titled "The MNT Difference". it illustrates the core ideas behind what we do. i hope that it'll also serve as a reference point in case you want to explain MNT to others (if you're a user, journalist, or need authorization from your boss to buy etc) […]

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