Robert Vogel wrote: > I'm catching up on my reading, so there has been some delay since the last > post to this thread. > > One of the reasons why the LinuxBios project seems so large is that it > attempts to satisfy the requirements of many different mother boards. Yet, > it has not come up with a machine that is easily available. I don't see > anything close to a desktop machine for the consumer yet. >
Gigabyte GA-M57SLI??? Is there some reason it doesn't fit your requirements? -Corey > Is there a good reason why a single, perhaps custom, motherboard running > LinuxBios would not be sufficient for, say, most desktop users ? > The chipset could be selected so that there are no hiding places. If the > Bios itself is socketed and replaceable, why should it not be a device that > could be instantly on ? > > Ideally, an independent organization such as the FSF might certify a machine > that is completely open...and therefore trustworthy. It wouldn't need to be > backwards compatible with DOS nor would it run windows. It could skip > cutting-edge graphics so that there should be no NDAs. Is that possible ? > > Thoughts ? > > > > > > > > -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
