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Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.io/@wolf480pl" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wolf480pl</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/@cas" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cas</span></a></span> I just assume they don't want to have to deal with a <a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114465885276391701" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">gazillion of undocumented SBCs</a> that may only get 1 person to once push code that gets accepted, but then <em>"orphaned"</em> and break over time as they may not be willing to build &amp; test every new kernel before release just to enshure it ain't broken!</p><ul><li>Espechally since <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ARM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ARM</span></a> doesn't have just a <code>bootcode.bin</code> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UEFI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UEFI</span></a> to boot from, but half a dozen different mechanisms ranging from fixed sector location and -sizes for the <code>initramfs</code> to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/uBOOT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uBOOT</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LinuxBoot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxBoot</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Coreboot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coreboot</span></a> and potentially even <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenFirmware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenFirmware</span></a>-style <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/bootcode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bootcode</span></a>...<br></li></ul><p>It's absolute chaos and one of the reasons I didn't even try to build <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@OS1337" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>OS1337</span></a></span> for the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Pi0W" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pi0W</span></a> as of today...</p>
argv minus one<p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/BIOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BIOS</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/OpenFirmware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenFirmware</span></a> in the '90s stored settings (boot order, etc) in battery-powered SRAM. If the battery died, all such settings were lost as soon as the computer was powered off.</p><p>I wonder if any BIOS developers ever considered storing this information in a partition on the hard drive itself? No worries about the battery then.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a></p>
pope of nope 🇺🇦<p>weekend timewaster<br><a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/OpenBoot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenBoot</span></a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/OpenFirmware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenFirmware</span></a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/Forth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Forth</span></a></p>
Profoundly Nerdy<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@aho" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>aho</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>arstechnica</span></a></span> I wish <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/openfirmware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openfirmware</span></a> had won out.</p>
Vivian "Bigou"<p><span>Hello </span><a href="https://linuxrocks.online/@tuxedocomputers" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@tuxedocomputers@linuxrocks.online</a><span>, </span><a href="https://linuxrocks.online/@slimbook" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@slimbook@linuxrocks.online</a><span>, </span><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@system76" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@system76@fosstodon.org</a><span>/</span><a href="https://pixelfed.social/system76" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@system76@pixelfed.social</a><span>, </span><a href="https://social.librem.one/@purism" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@purism@social.librem.one</a><span>, </span><a href="https://mastodon.online/@novacustom" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@novacustom@mastodon.online</a><span>, </span><a href="https://social.marud.fr/@start9labs@mastodon.start9labs.com" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@start9labs@mastodon.start9labs.com</a><span> &amp; any other companies making </span><a href="https://social.marud.fr/tags/PC" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PC</a><span> with </span><a href="https://social.marud.fr/tags/Linux" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a><span> preinstalled roaming around on the </span><a href="https://social.marud.fr/tags/Fediverse" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fediverse</a><span>, I have a seemingly stupid question for all of you:<br><br>How come, as far as I&nbsp;know, none of you ever made any </span><a href="https://social.marud.fr/tags/2in1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#2in1</a><span> </span><a href="https://social.marud.fr/tags/laptops" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#laptops</a><span>, like Acer's Spin series, HP's x360 laptops, a non negligible part of Lenovo's Yoga laptops, or a growing number of Chromebook?<br><br>Because I would buy such a Laptop, especially if it used </span><a href="https://social.marud.fr/tags/CoreBoot" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CoreBoot</a><span> (or a distro of it) as firmware. </span>😉<span><br><br>I mean, it's not like GNU/Linux didn't have some </span><a href="https://social.marud.fr/tags/DesktopEnvironment" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DesktopEnvironment</a><span> that would be great with a </span><a href="https://social.marud.fr/tags/touchscreen" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#touchscreen</a><span>, like </span><a href="https://social.marud.fr/tags/Gnome" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gnome</a><span>, </span><a href="https://social.marud.fr/tags/UnityDE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnityDE</a><span> or </span><a href="https://social.marud.fr/tags/DeepinDE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DeepinDE</a><span> to name a few.)<br><br><br></span><a href="https://social.marud.fr/tags/Linux_PC" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux_PC</a><span>, </span><a href="https://social.marud.fr/tags/Linux_laptop" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux_laptop</a><span>, </span><a href="https://social.marud.fr/tags/OpenFirmware" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenFirmware</a><span>, </span><a href="https://firmware.network/users/coreboot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@coreboot@firmware.network</a></p>