Yes. It's fascinating stuff. I've been working as a professional developer for nearly 20 years but have always been way higher up the stack.
The OS has always 'just been there' for me. It's only recently that I've been learning more about these foundations, let alone firmware and drivers, let alone hardware. There is joy and disovery in technology at all levels. If only I had several lifetimes at my disposal :-) On Sep 30, 2015 1:29 PM, "Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, 3 Sep 2015 10:06:15 -0400 > Bob Summerwill <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Have you guys seen this fascinating article? > > > > > https://theintercept.com/2015/08/26/way-gchq-obliterated-guardians-laptops-revealed-intended/ > That is the kind of things that you learn by learning how hardware > works when working on low level software like coreboot, and maybe > Replicant too. > > There is also lot of tricks that you can do with some knowledge of such > projects. > > Also, when free software is on such flash memories, that permits you to > easily do many tricks, like booting GNU/Linux from your BIOS flash, > booting from an ISO on an http server on the web, trough the WiFi > network. You can even boot on a 100% encrypted HDD. > > The possibility are limited only by hardware, software support, and > your imagination. > > Denis. >
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