On 11/01/2017 08:23 AM, Hendrik Boom wrote:
On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 01:56:06PM +0100, Martin Steigerwald wrote:
As my next music playback machine I may even use such a Pine64. As anything
from ThinkPad X240 and upwards appears to be "protected" by Intel Boot Guard
Verified Boot crap, instead of just offering the Measured Boot feature for
those who want it. Or I go with a ThinkPad X230 where it appears that Intel ME
cleaner can do its work. May still be better the Pine64 appears to be a tad
bit limited especially by memory, although for music playback it would be
enough if expanded with a large MicroSD card. And it would have the advantage
that I would not have to mess with removing crap as it does not appear to have
crap inside. And cheaper too.
Other alternative may be a Chromebook if I can rid it easily enough of Chrome
OS and install my distro of choice on it.
I would get a Lenovo G505S, it is the last and best owner controlled
x86-64 laptop. No ME/PSP and no hardware code signing enforcement. There
is a blob for video and power but they are removable.
If you want a dock or better build quality the X230 (with an x220
keyboard) is a good choice if you don't mind ME (please note ME cleaner
is nerfing not disabling it)
An affordable desktop/server choice is the KCMA-D8 ($250) with a $20
CPU, features include IOMMU, OpenBMC remote access and a 100% libre init
coreboot.
You might consider the Purism laptops, one of which has a detachable
keyboard. https://puri.sm/products/
https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/3anjgm/on_the_librem_laptop_purism_doesnt_believe_in/
They aren't worth it.
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