2013/1/9 Svetoslav Trochev <svetoslav.troc...@gmail.com>: > Hi Everyone and Happy New Year. > > This summer I'm planning to buy new laptop. > Also ongoing debates related to UEFI transition and current implementation > of 'Secure Boot' requirement imposed by Microsoft's Windows 8 certification > got me thinking and I would like to share my idea and see how many people > have similar thoughts. Basically boils down to create Coreboot Reference > Hardware for development, testing and daily use of coreboot. Here is my plan > (warning it is not very well thought through): > > 1. See how many people are ready to buy new hardware and are interested to > work on coreboot advancement.
[...] > What do you guys think? Am I completely crazy to believe that we can make > material change in our industry? Hi, this seems to be exactly what these guys were doing: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FreeSoftwareLaptop They even mention coreboot as their BIOS. Have you investigated what is going on with this project? -- Maciej Grela -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot