Hacker News .hnnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

I dont know about anyone else, but Im a little scared by the fact that I've never owned a coreboot-compatible device. Look around on their website, and you may notice that the compatible hardware selection is rather... limiting.

Oh, dont get me wrong. I've flashed the old skylake SOC with a HAP-mode / ME-cleaner variant. But I dont consider that very helpful when compared to an audit-able boot process.

How do I go about fixing this? I want coreboot, how do I get in and get it?



Maybe not the answer your looking for but any Chromebook has a fork of coreboot that I think follows upstream closely.

Chromebooks have been far ahead for awhile in boot security and chromeOS is becoming quite usable with its Linux container support.


Is there a better Linux option than crouton?


Yes, Crostini is awesome since it doesn't compromise on security and still offers close to native performance.

Integration into Chrome OS is ongoing though. Some features like graphics acceleration and sound are still incomplete.


I cannot vouch for "better" but there's also croustini.


Thinkpad


The thing is it doesn't matter that much anymore, so people aren't working on it. Both AMD and Intel modern CPUs require proprietary embedded firmwares to even get to the boot stage (as you know).

And logically it makes sense - there is no real distinction between hardware and software - it should be an implementation detail.




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: