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The question is, why should I bother, as a regular user? What will libreboot improve on my x86_64 PC if all I need is the ability to boot into my preferred oper
by Kwpolska 4y ago
The question is, why should I bother, as a regular user? What will libreboot improve on my x86_64 PC if all I need is the ability to boot into my preferred operating system and I don’t care about “freedom”, considering the machine already contains stuff like Intel ME that libreboot can’t disable?
- jchmrt 4y agoObviously if you don't care about software freedom, libreboot is not for you. That does not detract from the goals of the project.
- opan 4y agoHardware whitelist removal on laptops. I think you can also put a small alpine image in your flash to boot from.
- einpoklum 4y agoIf you recognize Intel ME as a problem - so if the general firmware on the motherboard which libreboot replaces. One of two (?) steps towards only running code on our computers which we can see and analyze; or at least, that knowledgeable people can analyze.
- rhn_mk1 4y agox86 is not the only architecture supported by coreboot/libreboot.
- steponlego 4y ago[flagged]