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Re:I Ported Coreboot to the ThinkPad X270 by close04 on Tuesday February 24, 2026 @05:40AM (#47135419)
This answer is "do it out of principle". OP is looking for the practical considerations.
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Re:I Ported Coreboot to the ThinkPad X270 by alias_neo on Tuesday February 24, 2026 @08:35AM (#47136976)
As far as I can tell, this is the only reason, you'll likely lose a bunch of functionality (that's been my experience); so "principle" is the only reason I'm aware of (or minimalism, but that's a principle too is it not?).

I suppose if nothing else, you can run a more up to date firmware if the vendor stopped supporting yours, but I have no idea what that means in a practical sense.

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Re:I Ported Coreboot to the ThinkPad X270 by katdork on Tuesday February 24, 2026 @06:46PM (#47145210)
I don't really feel like I've lost any functionality, personally?

If I weren't using binary blobs in the firmware, I think I would have more trouble, but that is Canoeboot to my knowledge, not Libreboot. ^^

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