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coreboot
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Chromebooks will get 10 years of automatic updates
Why BIOS (did you mean UEFI?) when it runs the best boot loader, which is Coreboot¹. Many users would love to re-flash their bios/uefi for it, if it’s supported.
1: https://www.coreboot.org/
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C++ is everywhere, but noone really talks about it. What are people's thoughts?
Coreboot is 0.6% C++.
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Laptops with best Linux support (latest gen, battery life, performance)?
NovaCustom ; some models come with Dasharo a coreboot distribution.
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Asus flip c302 last update
You can also use Mr. Chromebox Script to install Coreboot on your chromebook to get a UEFI BIOS on your Chromebook and then you can go an install either a linux distro or even Windows if you want. It's a pretty straightforward process and also reversable if you want to go back to just using ChromeOS.
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A Linux laptop under 1350€
Some models are available with Dasharo a [coreboot]https://www.coreboot.org/) distribution.
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why no haswell_ult_dmi_registers for broadwell? in https://github.com/coreboot/coreboot/blob/master/util/inteltool/pcie.c
why no haswell_ult_dmi_registers for broadwell? in https://github.com/coreboot/coreboot/blob/master/util/inteltool/pcie.c
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Having issues restoring the firmware with u/MrChromebox's utility
use croshfirmware.sh from https://github.com/coreboot/coreboot/tree/master/util/chromeos
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AMD to move to open source firmware in 2026
There may be other protections to restrict SPI flash access for security reasons (so you might not be able to flash your custom firmware in the OS), but worst case you can use a HW flasher (or maybe USB flashback). Still, this doesn't address the elephant in the room - platform initialization code might be open-sourced, but that isn't everything. You'll still need to figure out the board-specific stuff (the Super I/O chip, chipset GPIOs, other peripherals, etc.). Using coreboot as an example, Intel provides the Firmware Support Package blob to handle platform initialization. I think AGESA is somewhat similar to this, though Intel publicly releases the binaries for use in coreboot/etc. Thanks to the FSP, coreboot has support for recent Intel chipsets. However, there is only support for two recent consumer boards: the MSI PRO Z690-A WiFi DDR4 and DDR5.
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what is VCU (Validation Control Unit) mailbox in haswell nri
does anyone know what is https://github.com/coreboot/coreboot/blob/b12caef23bc1b29c2e658f2b728cc4beac1e62b9/src/northbridge/intel/haswell/vcu_mailbox.c
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Need stock ROM for Acer Chromebook CB314 - DROID
Download crosfirmware.sh and run it from command line: bash crosfirmware.sh droid
howdy
- Linux Facial Recognition:
- Budibase, a GUI for building apps on top of SQL, REST, Google Sheets, and open-source alternative to Airtable and Retool, now ships with a 👥 Multiplayer Collaboration, 🤖 Autocomplete Bindings, 🔄 and Synchronous Automations.
- Lenovo Thinkpad e14 Gen 4 AMD?
- The things that I wish GNOME had integrated by default
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Love the stability
you can even use facial recognition with IR webcam
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I have a LG gram 16 2 in 1. Does anyone know how well this machine takes to Linux?
Source
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Is linux-surface kernel necessary when installing fedora 37 on WSLG2?
I just bought a go 2 (not laptop go) this weekend and installed fedora 37 on it. Almost everything worked without the surface kernel except the camera requires v4l2loopback kernel drivers to create a gstreamer device for apps that don’t support libcamera. There were only old versions available in copr but no surface kernel headers available so I couldn’t build the kernel modules. I switched to ubuntu 22.10 and got similar hardware support but more available packages. I’m still trying to figure out how to get the IR sensors to work so I can use howdy for login/sudo. https://github.com/boltgolt/howdy
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Facial Recognition
First, you'll need to install Howdy.
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when will PopOS support face id logins?
I've tried using Howdy, but that doesn't seem to work. It's probably because of this issue
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Webcam very poor quality
Just like with digicams, it is not just about the sensor, but also the image processing itself. Should we omit the IR sensor to replace it with a better firmware-based noise-reduction system? But what about "Howdy" / "Hello" users, if we go this route?
What are some alternatives?
1vyrain - LiveUSB Bootable exploit chain to unlock all features of xx30 ThinkPad machines. WiFi Whitelist, Advanced Menu, Overclocking.
fingerprint-gui - Use fingerprint readers with a Linux desktop environment
edk2 - EDK II
slimbookface - Slimbook Face is an application that allows you to graphically manage multiple faces with boltgolt/howdy and enable PAM authentication throughout the system, or disable it at login, since login fails in some distributions or desktop environments (like KDE).
u-boot - "Das U-Boot" Source Tree
arch-linux-surface - Arch Linux kernel patcher for Surface devices
UEFITool - UEFI firmware image viewer and editor
linux-enable-ir-emitter - Provides support for infrared cameras that are not directly enabled out-of-the box.
OpenCore-Install-Guide - Repo for the OpenCore Install Guide
rtw89 - Driver for Realtek 8852AE, an 802.11ax device
thinkpad-firmware-patches - Collection of ThinkPad UEFI patches.
gnome-shell-extension-system76-power - System76 Power Management Extension