> 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 / 3 months ago
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
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
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
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
Foe OS options have you looked into this and this? And for firmware check this. Source: about 1 year ago
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 1 year ago
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 1 year ago
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 1 year ago
Https://libreboot.org/#how-does-libreboot-differ-from-regular-coreboot. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago
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 1 year ago
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: about 1 year ago
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 1 year ago
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 1 year ago
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 1 year ago
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 1 year ago
> 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 1 year ago
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 1 year ago
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 1 year ago
If your need for privacy surpasses your need for current gen hardware look into libreboot. Source: over 1 year ago
The libreboot.org project is active again if you want to try one of their images. Source: over 1 year ago
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