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Re:System76 Will Ship Linux Laptops With Coreboot-Based Open... by enriquto on Thursday October 10, 2019 @05:27PM (#21219361)
is it possible to replace coreboot by the fully free libreboot (without blobs)? what will stop working if you do that?
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Re:System76 Will Ship Linux Laptops With Coreboot-Based Open... by jackpot51 on Thursday October 10, 2019 @06:30PM (#21219842)
No, it is not possible to boot a Comet Lake Intel CPU without blobs.
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Re:System76 Will Ship Linux Laptops With Coreboot-Based Open... by enriquto on Friday October 11, 2019 @03:21AM (#21222259)
That's a very sad state of affairs.
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