Did you know this project?
What’s the difference between gnu-boot?Coreboot and libreboot?
I heard somewhere coreboot/libreboot allow some blobs/proprietary stuff, is real?
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Interesting that it’s a fork of libreboot manitaned by Leah. We need to use more libreboot and less coreboot.
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I read somewhere that coreboot and even libreboot has some non-free parts like blobs, firmware and similar and the only great solution for a (100%?) free pc is to buy Thalos Workstation (if you are rich man, it cost over 10000$!) or run very old workstation asus with opteron+gnuboot+decenthardware and librekernel.
Is real?
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Yes Coreboot and Libreboot ship BLOBs, even Linux OS contains BLOBs.
This is why i hate Linux and instead i use Gnu Linux which is a Pure version of Linux, thanks to the FSF 
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In your opinion I will “safe from blobs” if I use
gnu-boot workstation asus+slackware+libre-kernel?
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Despite Slackware is not Gnu, it is fine/good/nice to use it.
Yes it is Safe.
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Will risc-V solve all this blobs problem?
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For a while. Maybe. It largely depends on what other hardware is present.
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Actually we have only 4 cpu main “producers”
Intel: the most dangerous imho, searching for Intel ME on google.
AMD: for some aspect is worst than Intel, they use Amd psp instead of Intel ME, the difference is Intel ME is not removable but is possible on some free bios to “deactivate” it, Amd psp is atm not possible to remove or deactivate, only some old amd cpus are safe
Ibm ppc: expensive and limited to their servers, I don’t know about a “ibm psp” or similar
Openppc: very expensive, but 100%free, only for rich kids
Risc-v: I have no information atm
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Don’t forget, if a pc/server/laptop is real 100% free without blobs, firmwares proprietary or similar must be boot with this kernel.
If don’t boot:
° There is an hardware problem (but this can happen even with standard kernel).
° There are some proprietary firmware required by the hardware
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