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Libreboot 20230319 Released

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Re: Libreboot 20230319 Released

#11

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?

Obviously if you don't care about software freedom, libreboot is not for you. That does not detract from the goals of the project.

Re: Libreboot 20230319 Released

#15

What's the difference between libreboot versus coreboot?

Libreboot use to be coreboot without non-free binary blobs, but recently they decided to include them

So one might argue they are not libre anymore, more like "open"boot

As it has been increasingly difficult to find hardware supporting open-source firmware. And run a machine where you have access to all source for firmware, OS, drivers, software

Re: Libreboot 20230319 Released

#16

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?

Hardware whitelist removal on laptops. I think you can also put a small alpine image in your flash to boot from.

Re: Libreboot 20230319 Released

#17

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?

If 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.

Re: Libreboot 20230319 Released

#19

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?

x86 is not the only architecture supported by coreboot/libreboot.
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