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Re:Libreboot – A free BIOS or UEFI replacement by geofft on Saturday October 08, 2016 @09:20PM (#12669454)
If I want to hack on Libreboot on a separate machine from my primary one, what's a good laptop to get? Are there laptops that are close to working but not on the HCL yet?
Re:Libreboot – A free BIOS or UEFI replacement by HisGraceTheDuck on Saturday October 08, 2016 @09:34PM (#12669490)
Here's the list of compatible laptops:

https://libreboot.org/docs/hcl/index.html#supported_laptops_...

Nothing recent but on the plus side, you should be able to pick one up without spending too much.

Re:Libreboot – A free BIOS or UEFI replacement by nextos on Saturday October 08, 2016 @11:04PM (#12669713)
Chromebook C201 is very recent (currently sold new), supercheap (<$200), and can run not only Libreboot, but completely blob-free. Not even CPU microcode is needed.
Re:Libreboot – A free BIOS or UEFI replacement by mamon on Sunday October 09, 2016 @05:10AM (#12670420)
Is it possible to put bigger hard drive in it? 16GB is very limiting.
Re:Libreboot – A free BIOS or UEFI replacement by awqrre on Sunday October 09, 2016 @12:20PM (#12671840)
apparently, it has an eMMC soldered to the motherboard instead of a HDD/SSD...
Re:Libreboot – A free BIOS or UEFI replacement by cbhl on Saturday October 08, 2016 @11:22PM (#12669741)
Do you need a binary blob to run the RockChip GPU though?
Re:Libreboot – A free BIOS or UEFI replacement by TD-Linux on Sunday October 09, 2016 @02:01AM (#12670068)
You get full 2D from the Linux kernel, but yeah the 3D GPU is Mali, so no luck if you need OpenGL (in hardware).
Re:Libreboot – A free BIOS or UEFI replacement by pgeorgi on Sunday October 09, 2016 @04:26AM (#12670312)
Unlike the ME/PSP situation (signed binaries for a coprocessor that decide whether to turn on your CPU) this can be fixed with enough effort and grit.
Re:Libreboot – A free BIOS or UEFI replacement by rwmj on Sunday October 09, 2016 @06:36AM (#12670659)
I put libreboot on an old 2006-era X60s, and it wasn't too much trouble once I'd worked out which instructions to follow and which ROM to use (which was not obvious). That appears to be the best supported laptop, and you can pick them up very cheaply on EBay.

Picture: https://rwmj.wordpress.com/2016/04/10/libreboot-on-my-x60s/

Re:Libreboot – A free BIOS or UEFI replacement by 56245623456 on Sunday October 09, 2016 @06:04AM (#12670566)
You're better off using coreboot, libreboot is just a set of patches removing non-libre boards and microcode support.