Re: Debian-friendly laptop
On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 11:49:56PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Wednesday 19 May 2021 22:48:18 Stefan Monnier wrote:
>
> > > Or perhaps more than a bit more ;) I see that the Librem 14 version
> > > 1 starts at $1470, for an i7 10710U, 8GB RAM, 250GB SSD, 14"
> > > 1920x1080 screen, no WLAN. I'm pretty sure you can do a whole lot
> > > better than that from the standard brands.
> >
> > Indeed, you pay more, but it funds development of coreboot, saves you
> > from having to wonder if the wifi's chipset will work out of the box,
> > as well as brings to Intel's attention the existence of real customers
> > willing to pay to have *less* code running in the ME.
> >
> >
> > Stefan "typing this on his Purism mini"
>
> While building the latest linuxcnc for my pi, I came across this mentio
> of coreboot, so I checked their site for asus mainboard support, to find
> asus unmentioned.
>
> So, will it work for an Asus Z370-A II mainboard?
>
> Currently running this machine with 32GB of dram and a 6 core i5 cpu.
> UEFI turned off.
>
> Thanks to anyone that knows.
>
> Cheers, Gene Heskett
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>
https://coreboot.org/status/board-status.html suggests not.
Coreboot ASUS Z370-A II into Google gave me the web page.
UEFI turned off? You may find problems with some software, especially
graphics cards which assume UEFI, in the future. For any new installations
I would suggest turning UEFI on - legacy BIOS will not always be supported
and support is deprecated by most vendors.
All the very best, as ever,
Andy Cater
Hope this helps
Andy Cater
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