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Note that the coreboot that NovaCustom uses is not the same coreboot that Purism or System76 is using. It's Dasharo coreboot. This is not free (as in price).
by 1vuio0pswjnm7 1y ago
Note that the coreboot that NovaCustom uses is not the same coreboot that Purism or System76 is using. It's Dasharo coreboot. This is not free (as in price). NovaCustom has to pay for a license. How much of that cost is reflected in high price tag for NovaCustom. Maybe it is not much.
If the purchaser does not want Dasharo, they can usually compile their own non-Dasharo coreboot and flash it themselves.
- transpute 1y ago> not the same coreboot that Purism or System76 is using Usually each laptop OEM ships a unique downstream tree and release build of firmware (UEFI or coreboot), optimized for their hardware, similar to the relationship between RedHat/Debian and mainline Linux kernel. Since coreboot is GPL, each Clevo OEM should provide source for their firmware.
- pietrushnic 1y agoHi, I'm 3mdeb (the company behind Dasharo) Founder. You can find Dasharo's business model explanations in the following resources: 1. Presentation about Dasharo Revenue Sharing and Dasharo Supporting https://www.youtube.com/live/ZyctrnJNTPc?si=svfFEO6WXiF3BNqz&t=1350 https://www.youtube.com/live/ZyctrnJNTPc?si=svfFEO6WXiF3BNqz... 2. Publicly available overview of cooperation models: https://youtu.be/n2NlymUVYCY?feature=shared&t=115 https://youtu.be/n2NlymUVYCY?feature=shared&t=115 https://www.youtube.com/live/EN5rBAAOdOk?si=YKrkR28rQE1TyoWe&t=4087 https://www.youtube.com/live/EN5rBAAOdOk?si=YKrkR28rQE1TyoWe... https://github.com/Dasharo/presentations/blob/main/archive/dug_4/dasharo_roadmap.md#from-ost2-to-dasharo-support-package https://github.com/Dasharo/presentations/blob/main/archive/d... Please let me know if anything is missing or if anything is unclear.