The goal of the EOMA (Embedded Open Modular Architecture) project is to introduce the idea of being ethically responsible about both the ecological and the financial resources required to design, manufacture, acquire and maintain our personal computing devices. The EOMA68 standard is a freely-accessible, royalty-free, unencumbered hardware standard formulated and tested over the last five years around the ultra-simple philosophy of "just plug it in: it will work".
With devices built following this standard, one can upgrade the CPU-card (consisting of CPU, RAM and some local storage) of a device while keeping the same housing (e.g. laptop). One can also use the CPU-card in different devices (e.g. unplug CPU-card from laptop, plug into desktop); or use a replaced/discarded CPU-card from a laptop for NAS storage or a micro-server. There are housings currently available for a laptop (can be 3D-printed in full, or in part to replace parts that break) and a micro-desktop; and there are plans for others like routers or tablets in the future.
There are multiple articles talking about this project and analyzing the hardware, for example from ThinkPenguin, CNXSoft or EngadgetNG. There is also a recent live-streamed video introducing the project.
(Score: 2) by choose another one on Monday August 01 2016, @06:57PM
Any one else scratching their heads wondering why there is a PFY option but no BOFH option, or is it just me?
(Score: 1) by lkcl on Tuesday August 02 2016, @07:47PM
Any one else scratching their heads wondering why there is a PFY option but no BOFH option, or is it just me?
uhnnn... you don't mean any of these, surely... :) http://www.acronymfinder.com/BOFH.html [acronymfinder.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 02 2016, @10:06PM
If you mean print-it-yourself, that's there. It's $450 and labeled "PIY".
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 03 2016, @07:05AM
There's some cultural mismatch. I bet the parent was refering to a series of stories published in a sensationalist tech newspaper, theRegister, and maybe elsewhere which had among others 2 characters:
BOFH : Bastard operator from hell (IT sysadmin).
PFY: Pimply faced youth (apprentice)
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=PFY [urbandictionary.com]
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=BOFH [urbandictionary.com]