Thank you Matt, Stefan for your answers,
Yes, I'm quite new to coreboot (I'm only aware of its existence since last year). I have a lot of catching up to do, hence the historical digging :). Your answers make a lot of sense. I wasn't aware that PureBoot was a Heads distribution, but from what I've read on their "Librem key" gitlab, this too makes sense (I've only just scratched the surface there as well, so I'm a long way of understanding it all). I'll keep on reading then! Regards, Alexandre ------- Original Message ------- On Sunday, June 11th, 2023 at 21:11, Matt DeVillier <matt.devill...@gmail.com> wrote: > As the former lead coreboot developer for Purism, I would TLDR as such: > The 2015 blog post you linked was the viewpoint of one individual, and > referred to Purism's initial crowdsource-funded laptop, which shipped with a > Nvidia GPU and proprietary firmware. Since then, every Purism device shipped > has coreboot firmware available (though the first two did not have it at > release). Purism has also heavily invested in their downstream version of > HEADS, called PureBoot, which leverages a hardware key to enable tamper > detection of the device firmware and /boot partition, as well as open-source > EC firmware for their current model laptop. > > -Matt / MrChromebox > > > On Sun, Jun 11, 2023 at 1:43 PM Alexandre Janvrin via coreboot > <coreboot@coreboot.org> wrote: > > > Greetings, > > > > I have been shopping around for a laptop during the past few weeks, aiming > > for a mix of performance and privacy. > > During my search, I came across a blog post by mrnuke: > > - > > https://web.archive.org/web/20150223201313/https://blogs.coreboot.org/blog/2015/02/23/the-truth-about-purism-why-librem-is-not-the-same-as-libre/ > > > > (the post was referenced in a Qube OS discussion related to Anti Evil Maid: > > https://groups.google.com/g/qubes-users/c/sEmZfOZqYXM/m/j5rHeex1BAAJ) > > > > > > I've noticed that this post has disappeared from Coreboot's blog, and that > > Coreboot now advertises Purism quite differently. > > From https://www.coreboot.org/users.html: > > "Purism manufactures security focused laptops designed chip by chip to work > > with free/libre and open source software. Purism laptops are the only > > independently-made, brand new, high-performance laptops on the market > > specifically meant to pair recent technologies with coreboot and a > > neutralized Intel Management Engine." > > > > I also came across Purism's public answer: > > https://puri.sm/posts/about-purism-and-librems-and-cake/ > > > > I guess the change in Coreboot's stance can be explained in a few manners: > > - Purism genuinely improved since 2015 and is now delivering on their > > promises, > > - mrnuke's opinion never reflected Coreboot's opinions, > > - Purism extended a "helping" hand to Coreboot, in order to align both > > parties' economical objectives, > > > > From an external viewpoint, I'd say that Purism has improved on their > > delivery, and their narrative seems to be grounded in reality rather than > > smoke and mirrors. > > (Even though they currently admit to still having some binary blobs here > > and there) > > > > Can you please provide more context, and indulge in the curiosity of a > > random user ? > > > > (Disclaimer: I do not intend to buy a Purism laptop, not because I think > > they are bad, but because I'll have a more "Do It Yourself" approach) > > > > Best regards, > > Alexandre (a security/privacy enthusiast) > > _______________________________________________ > > coreboot mailing list -- coreboot@coreboot.org > > To unsubscribe send an email to coreboot-le...@coreboot.org
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