> 1st paragraph.
Agreed. It's not as easy as with a classic proprietary BIOS but it still can
be done (very easily on "Pixel"). The Intel vs. AMD situation on the Coreboot
side is a practical (Intel) vs. ethical (AMD) choice. On the desktop side, I
would probably go for AMD (Coreboot) and buy a Nouveau supported nVidia card,
while on the laptop side I'll go for Intel.
> 2nd paragraph.
I doesn't searched through all the Chromebook models so the older generation
might contain non-Atheros cards, but those what I recommended do not, and are
supported by the ath9k driver (no idea about bluetooth support, which is
integrated on these cards, but I can search for this if you were interested).
