On May 28, 2013 10:53 AM, "Harry Prevor" <[email protected]> wrote: >[...] I'm basically trying to build the most powerful > personal computer possible (within reason) that's compatible with 100% > free software. > [...]
Harry, Bless you, you've started work on a project that I envisioned indepentently this weekend. :) I had recently reviewed the list of motherboards supported by Coreboot and I was happy to see that there are many items in the list. I am sorry to hear that few of them are recent devices--I hadn't realized that. Is it possible that some newer generations of older motherboards are supported but untested? In my case, I will be using the machine I build as a headless server, so fortunately I won't have to worry (as much?) about GPU issues. I intend to use OpenFirmware as well. (OFW is used on the OLPC XO-1; I have one of those.) I hear that I can boot OFW as a coreboot payload. Anyone: what is a good location (like a wiki) to post the results of my research? I don't move fast enough to use reddit. I expect that it will be Fall in the northern hemisphere before I have selected my hardware and started installing a free BIOS on it. (This is a leisure project.) Thanks, cheers, and keep it up! --Dave
