Quoting Blibbet (2015-01-13 23:34:42) > > On 01/13/2015 02:12 PM, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: >> Quoting Sunil Mohan Adapa (2015-01-13 21:05:38) >>> On Wednesday 14 January 2015 01:08 AM, Blibbet wrote: >>>> To me it is unsuitable for a FreedomBox due to firmware, which is >>>> probably UEFI-based if hardware comes from Intel. > > Note I said 'probably', I haven't confirmed the Intel Compute Stick > has UEFI.
Noted: "probably UEFI-based". So do you mean definitely unsuitable because probably UEFI-based, or definitely unsuitable if UEFI-based? Or did you perhaps really just mean probably unsuitable? >>> Indeed, proprietary firmware is a deal breaker. >> >> You mean UEFI specifically, or that *any* use of proprietary firmware is >> a deal breaker? [details on UEFI vs. Coreboot snipped] My question still stands: What (if anything here) is a deal breaker? > If you write off UEFI, you have to write off Intel, I think. I don't write off UEFI - you brought that up (and Sunil ran with it)! - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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