Hi, I am not aware of a Coreboot port for the W530. Do you have any more information?
Best, Duncan [email protected]: > On 10/08/2017 11:06 AM, Jim Hendrick wrote: > >> Just subscribed - I will mostly "lurk" but I do have a few questions for >> the group. >> >> I am looking at a new laptop, and one of my options is a Dell Precision >> 7510 (I like the quad-core and loads of RAM available) but I would >> like to >> not use a vendor BIOS. >> >> Has anyone put coreboot on one of these? > Assuming there is no hardware code signing enforcement anti-feature > ("boot guard") for the firmware enabled you would have to port coreboot > to it, this would take around 6 months for a skilled firmware engineer. >> Anyone tried and failed? >> >> Any recommendations for something similar (a good laptop ~15 in. >> quad-core, >> 32GB RAM and fast SSD storage)? >> I will be running multiple virtual machines - hence the RAM and cores... > W530, supports open source hardware init coreboot and me cleaner. > Buy one, install your own SSD, RAM upgrade and W520 keyboard/armrest if > you don't like the chiclet layout. > > Alternatively you could get a G505S (owner controlled) if you don't want > ME/PSP - but that only supports 16GB RAM. >> (I also am looking at system76 and Purism but I am bit leery of >> spending a >> lot with a small / new company - comments appreciated) > Purism dishonestly markets their products - while they claim that their > laptops "respect freedom and privacy" their version of coreboot is > nothing more than a wrapper layer for intel FSP (binary blob that does > all the hardware init) which is next to pointless for the amount of > money you would spend on one as all it does is move trust from vendor to > OEM not avoiding the hypothetical OEM firmware backdoors. > > System76 is a fine choice if all you want is a laptop that runs linux > without difficulty. > -- coreboot mailing list: [email protected] https://mail.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
