/lgbt/ Libreboot General Thread

thanks for this. going to buy a raspberry pi so I can flash the t400 I'm getting soon. What is better for battery SSD or HD? HD is what I thought but maybe it has changed.

>>62302495
I would say SSD, less heat and energy, and no noise compared to a spinner. Plus significantly faster to load up and programs. I can't think of a reason not to get one. All my thinkpads have SSD and get great battery life.

>>62302550
cost is a factor for me. but I guess it will be worth it.

>>62302586
If you're not concerned about capacity size, you can get 64GB SSD on ebay for $30.

>>62302453
>be only libre BIOS available
>be run by a coke-addict tranny
the general thread on /g/ literally has an acronym of lgbt
can't make this shit up

>>62304196
suicide would be a good option for you.

>>62304223
why would it be a good option? I wasn't hating on the project, just thought it was ironic is all

Just wanted to stop by, give a (unnecessary) bump, this is a solid general.

>>62304248
please leave this website

>>62304318
Excuse me, but you're not the boss of 4chan

>>62302453
>inb4 that hardware is ancient
also, there's gonna be a fuckton of supported ARM Chromebooks in the next release when they actually get their shit together

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>>62304372
>you're not the boss of 4chan

Go. Now. Before it's too late.

x220 support when?

>>62304654
Late 2017 according to the last update I got from Leah

>>62302453
everything but linux applies to apu2.
best embedded x86_64 you can buy

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>>62302453
I don't give two shits about libreboot desu, coreboot is much more appealing to me

I just want an open firmware that boots faster, and I'm not concerned there will be some backdoor in a microcode update

I've tried it on my T400 and it's way faster to boot, but some issues with dual graphics, and the fact that tp_smapi goes out the window (no fan control, no BT disable, etc) pushed me back to the original BIOS

>>62304928
You realize libreboot is just a distribution of coreboot with any proprietary firmware removed, right?

someone please tell me how to find out my x60t edid, I can't for the life of me get the methods on the wiki to work and I really don't wanna disassemble it (unless it's idiot proof but I can see myself breaking it)

>>62305099
This should help I believe
https://libreboot.org/docs/misc/#get-edid-find-out-the-name-model-of-your-lcd-panel

pls help! :S how can I change the bootorder in libreboot? Its only booting from the HDD if its a debian based system like trisquel or devuan, parabola doesnt boot automatically, I have to select AHCI everytime :/

>>62305173
https://libreboot.org/docs/gnulinux/grub_cbfs.html

>>62305237
Thank you :) so much steps wow

>>62305354
Yeah, if it were me I'd just stick with debian-based systems. But I'm biased on that subject :)

Why should I bother with flashing my x200
Other than "muh botnet"

>>62304498
Are you a tranny?

>>62304973
Does that mean coreboot can use both gpu?

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>>62305158
Tried option one, didn't work
Option two was just a blank file
Option three came up with this (the guide says you might need to change something, but what?)
Option four is out of the question until tomorrow as i'm tired as fuck, anyone know what i've done wrong when it comes to finding my edid?

>>62305912
It looks like the only option left is to take the panel off to get the number on it, sorry senpai :( just buy an X200 on ebay, they're as cheap as $50

>>62305535
Is freedom from proprietary firmware not enough? It also loads faster than the lenovo BIOS, so there's that.

>>62305894
Maybe, you'd have to check the documentation files on there website to be sure

>>62306023
should I just wing it for bantz
got a 1/3 chance of it working kek

>>62306056
Personally I'd just take the panel off to see, it's not that hard.

Will only thinkpads be supported? I'm thinking of buying a computer this year, and I don't want to buy a 10 year old computer. What do lads?

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>>62306732

>>62306732
There's a few mobo's that are supported, plus an older macbook and chromebook
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libreboot#Supported_systems

>>62306853
kek

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>>62306732
Plus I'll say my X200 can handle anything I throw at it, including 1080p streaming and light gaming. I got the X200, a new keyboard, the libreboot flash, an ultradock with DVD drive and displayport, and an atheros AR9380, all for about $160. Comfy af.

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Bump for interest

>>62304449
Installing a free operating system on the RK3288 chromebooks isn't too easy though. Debian and ALARM both have step-by-step guides but either I'm an idiot or there's something missing from them. Anyway, it kind of works: I installed ALARM and migrated to Parabola and it boots from an SD card.

I still have a bunch of problems with it though. Booting and installing stuff doesn't go nearly as smoothly as it does on x86.

Does anyone know if the latest generation (5th) X1 Carbon has Intel Boot Guard on it? I really want to buy one but I would like to know beforehand if it's going to ever be possible to disable ME on it. It seems like Kabylake will get supported by me_cleaner eventually but if Boot Guard is present, you're eternally fucked.

>>62310181
I think it has it, sorry senpai

>>62304196
That's LITERALLY the point of this thread

>>62304498
Says the nigger using reddit spacing

>>62310401

If someone that owns one could actually confirm that'd be great

>>62302453
OP, include the T500

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>>62302453
>have librebooted X200
>run non 100% Arch GNU/Linux

>>62311069
*non 100% free

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>Another fucking general

Just make a thread and a pastebin holy fuck

>libreboot for AMD
>it's just a plea for AMD to "do the right thing"
Guess i'll try in 10 years

>>62302453
The true libertarian set-up.

>>62302453
Bump.

good thread

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>>62311069
Why not 100% free?

>>62302453
>An X200 will pretty much do anything besides "muh gaymin"
If you delusional cucks keep telling yourselves that, you might end up believing it one day.

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>>62313917
Fuck off. I've been using an X200 as my primary machine for months now. It just werks

>>62313947
For webbrowsing and your shitty hobbyist scripting, maybe. Good luck getting any serious work done on it.

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>>62313962
It does 1080p streaming and Gimp works flawlessly for photo editing. I can even play my favorite FPS with no lag. Maybe you're just not very efficient with your computational resources?

>>62314138
>and Gimp works flawlessly for photo editing.
For certain low-levels of photo editing.
Like how Notepad is a great DE.

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>>62314138
>streaming
>GIMP
>gaymez
>serious work
So what about video editing, CAD work, or just about anything else that requires more computational power than a toaster, how might it handle that ? Not at all ?

>>62314226
It'll handle video editing just fine. I have no experience with CAD, isn't that something engineering students do?

>>62314212
>>62314226
You do realize the X200 was a $2000 business machine in 2009? It's by no means underpowered.

>>62314319
>It'll handle video editing just fine.
It really, really won't.

>>62314333
>It's by no means underpowered.
It is severely underpowered. It doesn't matter how much it cost back then.
And cost aside, it was an *office* machine intended for light workloads. Not a mobile workstation like the W series.
But if you think being expensive makes it powerful, then you probably think Macbooks are powerful too, right ?

>>62314440
Fuck off, it had the top of the line Core 2 Duo. I know what I'm talking about because I actually have one. You don't know shit.

>>62314457
>Core 2 Duo
Fucking exactly what makes it severely underpowered. A Sandy Vagina X220 is significantly faster with an i5 already.

You're delusional and you have no idea what you're talking about.

>>62314479
You're the delusional faggot. It will handle literally anything. You have no arguments and are just spreading bullshit. Plus the X220 will be supported later this year. Now fuck off and stay out of this thread. This is for serious discussion not CIA spooks who want to discourage people from a truly free and private computing experience.

>>62302453
So... the best is win7-10? That's not how that meme is supposed to work...

Why is so hard to understand? ?

>>62302550
He asked specifically about battery, not which is better overall. But yeah, it's still the SSD.

>>62314527
It's expanding brain meme, the best is at the bottom

>>62314504
>It will handle literally anything.
Go edit a 10 minutes long 1080p video at 30fps right now and tell me how it goes.
Here's a hint: It's going to go very, very slowly.

>>62314548
No, that's not how that meme works.

Is a joke, the last one is the worst.

>You can literally get a ThinkPad X200 for $50 on ebay
fuck off I'm payin 125€ for a x200

>>62314594
Sorry mate

>>62314574
No, it can go either way, I just checked on know your meme website

>>62314612
you americans always have the best deals

>>62314612
Oh God... that's cuz a lot of brainlets can't understand the meme.

That shit started with bottom were the worst but a lot of faggs thought it was the best and started to make its own.

Now is acceptable the opposite? Fuck this. For me there says win7-10 are the best.

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X60 w/ Libreboot and Gentoo + i3wm here AMA

>>62314226
What a fucking moron. I used to do extensive video editing on a 600Mhz G3 iMac back in the day with no problem. Only a retard would claim you can't edit videos on a machine like the X200

>>62314869
Cool, but I don't understand the picture

>>62313962
I am a senior level mechanical engineering and my x220 can handle small cad projects just fine.

If you're doing serious work with assemblys, you would get a fucking workstation GPU, bourbon not poor so i have a workstation desktop (well gay man desktop lol) and its unlikely I'd work in a place that would require me to purchase my own portable workstation
You're spewing shit

>>62302453
will this program download tranny porn to my thinkpad?

Hey guys, there's an open ticket on: PRIVACY TOOLS GITHUB

It asks knowledgable info about de-btonetted hardware

Your support will be appreciated there

www.privacytools.io - encryption against global mass surveillance

>>62307516
and you dont really need 1080p res videos if you have a 1366x768 or lower screen.

>>62316452
I output to a 1080p monitor over displayport, but you're right, I can hardly tell a difference between 720 and 1080.

>>62316366
Just point them to libreboot.org

>>62316276
It's not a program, it's a BIOS replacement

>>62316137
This.

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>>62315071
Those are drugs anon

>>62304973
that was kind of my point, that libreboot is just a shitty version of coreboot so you can yell "muh freedoms" while removing functionality from your device

I want open-source software to make my hardware better, not worse

>>62317450
Aren't drugs, like, ultimate degeneracy? Why are you posting this poison?

>>62317879
It's fully functional

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>>62318085
riiiight

I kind of want coreboot because of the superior mascot

rabbits > deer

>>62304498
>he uses the reddit capital letters and punctuation

>>62318092
I think that's been fixed.

>>62304928
nigger

>>62318412
fixed in coreboot?

because from the description it seems to imply that this is a bug in the CPU that is fixed with a microcode update, and not necessarily a bug in coreboot

>>62319293
Oh ok, sorry I misread that. I've never messed with virtualization so I'm not as familiar with it.

>>62319189
Can we please keep racism out of this thread?

>>62314333
No shit. That's 8 years ago. The Core2Duo in that thing didn't age as well as Sandy Bridge... The only thing saving it from being a pure text working machine is the fact that the iGPU is one of intel's first to support H264 decoding in hardware... the rest is just pure meh. Video editing my ass.

Instead of retrocomputing, just buy Talos II.
https://raptorcs.com/

>>62321163
does it have sata ports or are there cheap sata cards for it? sas raid meme cards are expensive

>>62321163
2300$ for just the mainboard + 1 CPU
I hope they offer a single cpu board bundle in the future for ~1500$

>>62322275
There is an optional SAS controller, but it's 300$. Otherwise, you can buy an external SATA controller (that's what I do) or use NVME HDD.

bump for interest

>>62321163
Oh boy, a $2300 machine with no software! :^)

I can't seem to find a concise pinout for the x200 with a raspberry pi. I'm not gonna fucking buy a beaglebone.

Since the x220 will likely get libreboot by this year what are the chances of the x230 getting it?

>>62304449
Source?

>>62325411
>x220
SOURCE
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>>62325288
Would this work?
https://github.com/bibanon/Coreboot-ThinkPads/wiki/X200-X201-Hardware-Flashing

>>62325685
>>62325842
https://www.reddit.com/r/libreboot/comments/6hlm2l/what_happened_to_the_libreboot_x220_blog_post/diz99hi/?context=3

>>62325968
I was more interested in the new ARM Chromebooks

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>>62325288
Hopefully this helps. Took this picture while I was librebooting. Didn't have any male to male wire things but it still worked like this

>>62326002
*female to female

How can we donate to the libreboot devs and ask to speed up work for the x220

>>62326078
I would suggest asking on their IRC
https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=libreboot
or asking on the libreboot sub

>>62326002
How big of a pain in the ass is this? Just for the image I can see bricks in my future. ;/

>>62302453
How do we stop hardware backdoors tho?

>>62326137
I got it first try without using proper equipment or prior experience. In most cases you can just do the flash again if you fuck it up

>>62326176
What equipment would you suggest having?

>>62326214
First of all proper wires. Definitely the clip and preferably a beagle bone unless you already have a pi. Beyond that maybe something for the electrostatic charge so you don't damage the motherboard.also it's probably not the best to put the pi right on top of the motherboard like in the picture.

>>62313947
You keep posting that picture. You know you are easily recognizable and can be traced effortlessly by any /g/ retard?

>>62326282
What is that clip exactly and where can I find it?

>>62326332
It's either the pomona 5252 (if your bios chip has 16 pins like the picture)
Or pomona 5250 (if it only has 8 pins, relatively rare)
You should open it up and check before you buy

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>>62326321
>You keep posting that picture. You know you are easily recognizable and can be traced effortlessly by any /g/ retard?
I have absolutely no social media and I'm posting from a VPN that I paid with bitcoin and a pass that I purchased with a prepaid CC. Good luck!

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>>62313741

>>62304743
So if I wait a little longer I can buy an X220 and libreboot it? That is fucking great news man!

>>62304743
Awesome. Do you think the tablet model will get support at the same time?

>>62324409
FOSS works, I presume you don't need to run proprietary software?

would flashing this on my x220 when it is released remove the "ME is in recovery mode..." message that i see every time i boot this thing? theres another error too but it can be bypassed by setting the bios so it shows the lenovo logo instead of the debug messages.

>>62327732
So there's a power9 version of firefox, vlc, gimp, and stellarium?

>>62329249
Probably

Hey guys, I have a MSI GE60 laptop gaming shit. (It has GNU/Linux and I don't play games, I got it with a offer for like 200 euros please don't judge me but whatever works pretty good)
Can I install libreboot on my shit? How do I know it's compatible?

>>62330512
Check eg. Debian repos:
https://www.debian.org/distrib/packages

>>62330570
It's not compatible. Check the list on wiki for which systems are.

>>62330784
is there IBM version of debian?

>>62329249
What a shit ME is

>>62334301
It's a nasty bugger

bump for interest

>>62329249
I would assume so because it replaces everything. I think even coreboot will get rid of that message.

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>>62314869
AYEEEEEEEEEE

>>62336132
Does coreboot modify the ME?

>>62313947
>tfw a 2008 Core 2 Duo laptop is your gaming machine

>>62337978
No, skips the ME partition

>>62338614
That's what I thought

>>62302453
I have a asus c201. How do I libreboot it.

>>62339668
Read the docs. It involves compiling the bios and then opening up the c201 and removing "the screw" so that your flash can be written. Once you've flashed you can put the write protect screw back. I had no problems but it was over a year ago when I did it. I used a throwaway VM to build the bios file.

>>62340011
That sounds pretty cool

>>62338438
I don't live in my mom's basement and I have a real job, so playing the latest GTA or CoD isn't exactly at the top of my priority list.

>>62326137
It's pretty easy senpai, just follow the instructions and you'll be fine