I'm primary interested in it because of faster booting speed and in general getting rid off the stone-age functions vendor bios contains which are completely unnecessary to boot a modern x86-computer.
I don't mind if coreboot contains cpu microcode etc. As far as I know the only total free computer is the X60. But isn't this whole privacy issue more a topic for libreboot? Am 30.01.2017 um 19:18 schrieb Timothy Pearson: > On 01/30/2017 10:53 AM, Philipp Stanner wrote: > > I'm going to buy a new laptop soon (has to have a touchscreen) and am > > considering buying one which supports coreboot. > > > Which model would that be? > > > From what the wiki tells me The X220 is supported best, thanks to > > Vladimir, but also the X201 is listed in the green area. > > > The wiki lists some noticeable issues for the X201, though. Still it's > > green. Are those issues (especially "The X201 immedeatly powers off > > after resuming from suspend resulting a completely lost session > > sometimes (Race condition)" still unsolved? > > > thx > > > > The answer to this question also hinges on whether you would like a > blob-free / owner controlled machine or are OK with most of the "heavy > lifting" coming from non-libre vendor provided firmware binaries. > > I ask because if you're wanting to use coreboot purely for libre > reasons, then you're going to be stuck with much older technology. > > Thanks! >
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