▲ 277 ▼ Libreboot Open-Source BIOS/UEFI Firmware Adds More Hardware Support (9to5linux.com) submitted 2 years ago by petsoi@discuss.tchncs.de to c/linux@lemmy.ml 25 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 27 points 2 years ago (1 child) All those blobs in there need to be reverse engineered. As there are not that many people doing it, this hardware is often a decade old permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AlexJD@feddit.uk 19 points 2 years ago (1 child) Not entirely the case anymore. Libreboot switched to a blob reduction policy in order to support more hardware. Hopefully this will bring things forward quite a bit over the next year. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Unless they support the newer platforms, it will remain a niche product. I've come to accept a compromise between binary blobs and FOSS bootloader, and the path that Libreboot has chosen is great for the community, so we'll wait and watch permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AlexJD@feddit.uk 19 points 2 years ago (1 child) Not entirely the case anymore. Libreboot switched to a blob reduction policy in order to support more hardware. Hopefully this will bring things forward quite a bit over the next year. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Unless they support the newer platforms, it will remain a niche product. I've come to accept a compromise between binary blobs and FOSS bootloader, and the path that Libreboot has chosen is great for the community, so we'll wait and watch permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Unless they support the newer platforms, it will remain a niche product. I've come to accept a compromise between binary blobs and FOSS bootloader, and the path that Libreboot has chosen is great for the community, so we'll wait and watch permalink fedilink source parent