Re: [coreboot] Buy desktop mainboard

2016-11-10 Thread taii...@gmx.com
Tired correction: *newer* intel boards are shimboot (FSP) / the 2008+ bit is about ME not FSP - but they're both awful in terms of you actually owning your computer and being able to do what you please with it. http://hackaday.com/2016/01/22/the-trouble-with-intels-management-engine/ -- corebo

Re: [coreboot] Buy desktop mainboard

2016-11-10 Thread taii...@gmx.com
New versions may or may not work, sometimes they change critical components. *rolls dice* you could always see if they're on ebay. If I was you I'd buy a *new* KGPE-D16 (around $400), a cheap g34 62xx CPU off of ebay ($10-40) and a decent foss video card - it is blob free, one of the most popu

[coreboot] Buy desktop mainboard

2016-11-06 Thread José Manuel Bueno Cuesta
Hi, I want to buy a new desktop mainboard compatible with coreboot, but I have not found any of the ones listed in the supported boards webpage (because they are too old). Nevertheless I have found new versions of some of them, namely: Asrock G41m-VS3 R2.0 (S 775), Asus M5997 LE R2.0 (S AM3+) and G