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• Librebooting the ThinkPad T480

  Https://libreboot.org/ Has reasons why you would want a Free bios. - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago

• 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 / over 1 year 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 / over 1 year 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 / almost 2 years 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: almost 2 years 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: about 2 years ago

• Getting Linux on (original) Samsung Chromebook Plus

  Foe OS options have you looked into this and this? And for firmware check this. Source: about 2 years ago

• Current Draw on R500 BIOS IC.

  I see in your response follow-up that you sorted it - can you write about this somewhere on libreboot.org? Look at the lbwww.git repository. Instructions for sending patches (markdown files to be converted to html for the website):. Source: about 2 years ago

• Is there a way to disable the blinking power light when under 20% power?

  Get me the signing keys so I can use it. There's already 2 custom bios' https://www.coreboot.org https://libreboot.org/. Source: about 2 years ago

• How can I libreboot my thinkpad T440p

  I checked out libreboot.org but it's not very straightforward. I'm very new to all of this, so could someone please direct me to a tutorial? Thanks. Source: about 2 years ago

• Libreboot 20230319 Released

  Https://libreboot.org/#how-does-libreboot-differ-from-regular-coreboot. - Source: Hacker News / about 2 years ago

• Just bought an X230 what should I do now 🤔

  You can replace the proprietary firmware with libreboot, a free as in freedom, open source firmware and take advantage of the freedoms that you otherwise can’t get with most other boot firmware. It also boots much faster! Source: about 2 years ago

• Necessary equipment to libreboot Lenovo x200

  This is also written on libreboot.org. Both the green and black CH341A boards are incorrectly made, and should be modified before being put into production use. Source: over 2 years ago

• /tpg/ Thinkpads are sustainable

  BIOS replacement: Https://coreboot.org - T440p, X131e, X1C1, and xx30 series (no 61) or older Https://libreboot.org - similar to coreboot as of 20221214 release. Source: over 2 years ago

• Trusted Computer Repair Places

  I'd disagree, with more modern laptops you can't libreboot them because the manufacturers make sure that computers nowadays are locked down propriety garbage, so I kinda got to stick with old thinkpads because I want to use libreboot. Source: over 2 years ago

• Its highly possible that the CIA has many influencers on their payroll, probably the most famous ones and probably a lot

  That should be the least of your worries, considering you don't have to watch any influencers. What you should worry about is the device you're using now / which operating system. ( https://prism-break.org/en/ , https://libreboot.org/ , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Management_Engine , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD_Platform_Security_Processor , https://www.fsf.org/about/ ). Source: over 2 years ago

• Finnaly flashed latest libreboot to my t440p

  Yes it is the free bios which means free software. It comes with seabios in my case, but you can configure only with grub as well, more details here -> libreboot.orglibreboot.org. Source: over 2 years ago

• Libreboot 20221214 Released

  > Libreboot is a fork of Coreboot They've always called themselves a "Coreboot distro", not a fork. From the homepage: "In the same way that Debian is a GNU+Linux distribution, libreboot is a coreboot distribution."[0] That was a lot bigger deal when libreboot first started, because at the time Coreboot wasn't doing their own releases. > Libreboot … refuses to include things such as CPU microcode.... - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

• the maddening truth of using Qubes

  Coreboot/Libreboot (recently merged with OSboot, so presumably that means the policy problems have been fixed) as far as I know do not benefit from any such standardization and often have to resort to reverse-engineering. Source: over 2 years ago

• lenovo laptops are safe?

  Is the firmware private? I'd say yes, from everyone except maybe LEA. You can check out libreboot if you're interested. But unless you're a high value target, you shouldn't have to worry about this too much... Source: over 2 years ago

• looking for a privacy laptop that has no "intel me"

  If your need for privacy surpasses your need for current gen hardware look into libreboot. Source: over 2 years ago