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I was about to ask about coreboot as well, but I am pretty ignorant about this part of the hardware stack. I came to know about coreboot thanks to Chromebooks.
by nextos 12y ago
I was about to ask about coreboot as well, but I am pretty ignorant about this part of the hardware stack.
I came to know about coreboot thanks to Chromebooks. If one is security conscious, what laptops with good coreboot support do you recommend? A Chromebook Pixel? New Thinkpads seem not to be supported.
- pgeorgi 12y agoThe thinkpad support is mostly done by the free software part of the coreboot community, and they don't touch devices that come with a Management Engine (see http://me.bios.io/ http://me.bios.io/). If "security conscious" includes not having any unexplained binaries around, the Asus C201 Chromebook may actually be the best bet (maybe there will be devices with the same chipset but more laptop-like properties eg regarding storage), but it's less powerful than a contemporary Intel based device.
- nextos 12y agoThanks. Probably misunderstanding something, but I thought some Thinkpads that do have Coreboot support are equipped with Management Engine? http://www.coreboot.org/Intel_Management_Engine http://www.coreboot.org/Intel_Management_Engine
- pgeorgi 12y agoSome chipsets before Sandy Bridge had that processor, but were able to operate normally without its firmware, with a disabled ME. Since Sandy Bridge it's mandatory.