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Libreboot mentions (38)

• PixieFail: Nine Vulnerabilities UEFI Implementations

  > is there any motherboards out there for AMD64/X86_64 that comes without UEFI/BIOS? Your computer needs UEFI/BIOS for hardware initialization. There is a open implementation tho, see https://libreboot.org/. - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago

• Just about every Windows/Linux device vulnerable to new LogoFAIL firmware attack

  UEFI is just another M$ abomination 8-( In this specific vulnerability, I wonder how possible it is to modify that boot logo remotely? Wouldn't exploiting this vuln require local access? As in all things, open firmware is the way to go: https://www.linuxboot.org/ https://libreboot.org/ https://www.coreboot.org/users.html. - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

• GNU Boot sent a cease and desist to Libreboot

  There was the spat of drama in 2016, and the view of "always in the middle of drama" is IMO confirmation bias since then. Today's drama is part of larger culture wars going on in the community: - The pro-RMS vs anti-RMS thing going on since RMS's removal from the FSF in 2019, much amplified by his reinstatement in 2021 (the latter of which lead to most of the FSF staff walking out). Is RMS still fit to lead the... - Source: Hacker News / 9 months ago

• Returning my ReMarkable 2

  I don't own a cell phone and my computer is entirely free, its BIOS replaced with libreboot running Trisquel, a 100% free-software operating system. Others can do this, too, if they really want the freedom. It is not hard, nor does it require expertise. It only requires the will to do it. Source: 11 months ago

• Why libreboot?

  I see a lot of posts on here about people excited to libreboot their Thinkpad. I went over to libreboot.org itself and I can't understand what the benefit is to doing this? Source: 11 months ago

DuckDuckGo mentions (1669)

• Bountysource Stole at Least $17,000 from Open Source Developers

  There's fraud and embezzlement in non-profits all the time. Just entering that in a search engine shows tons of examples: https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=fraud+and+embezzlement+in+non-profits When I was involved in scouts this was a thing as well; not even always due to malice, sometimes also due to incompetence and/or inattention. - Source: Hacker News / 3 days ago

• Desert greening is transforming dust and sand into farmable soil (2023)

  Please install an ad blocker such as [1]. If you are on iOS look into a VPN-based ad blocker. 1. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=ublock+origin. - Source: Hacker News / 4 days ago

• Alice's Adventures in a Differentiable Wonderland

  No, I think the inspiration is more direct https://duckduckgo.com/?q=lewis+carroll+alice+in+wonderland+math. - Source: Hacker News / 6 days ago

• Biden signs TikTok 'ban' bill into law, starting clock for ByteDance to divest

  Yea caught me, I self reported to try and trick everyone. Jokes aside my comment was based on net neutrality if you don’t remember https://duckduckgo.com/?q=net+neitrality+bot+comments Some of the stuff that really chipped at our privacy as our isps got to sell our dns pings to advertisers and social media. Have a good day citizen. - Source: Hacker News / 12 days ago

• A24's New AI-Generated 'Civil War' Ads Generate Controversy

  Changing face of marketing? Trailers containing scenes that weren't in the movie has happened for decades. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=trailer+scenes+not+in+movie. - Source: Hacker News / 15 days ago