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authorFrancis Rowe <info@gluglug.org.uk>2015-10-12 18:40:13 (EDT)
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</p>
<p>
- More info will be added later.
+ <b>More info will be added later, including build/installation instructions.
+ The board is supported in libreboot, however, and has been confirmed to work.</b>
</p>
<p>
@@ -44,12 +45,48 @@
</div>
<div class="section">
- <h1 id="thescrew">The screw</h1>
+ <ul>
+ <li><a href="#thescrew">Flash chip write protection: the screw</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#googlebastards">Google is bad. We do not endorse them.</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#videoblobs">Caution: Video acceleration requires a blob. Do not install it. Use software rendering.</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#wifiblobs">Caution: WiFi acceleration requires a blob. Do not install it. Use a USB dongle.</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#ec">EC firmware is free software!</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#os">Replace ChromeOS immediately!</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#depthcharge">Depthcharge payload</a></li>
+ </ul>
+
+
+ <div class="section">
+ <h1 id="thescrew">Flash chip write protection: the screw</h1>
<p>
It's next to the flash chip. Unscrew it, and the flash chip is read-write. Screw it back in, and the flash chip is read-only.
It's called the screw.
</p>
</div>
+
+ <div class="section">
+ <h1 id="googlebastards">Google is bad. We do not endorse them.</h1>
+ <p>
+ It's merely a coincidence that libreboot can support this hardware, with some issues (see sections below).
+ While Google does hire a lot of coreboot developers, it's not the case that these laptops can be used
+ in freedom (libreboot) because Google cares about user freedom. It's just a lucky coincidence. Nothing more.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Chromebooks are designed (from the factory) to actually coax the user into using
+ <a href="https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve.en.html">proprietary web services</a>
+ (SaaSS) that invade the user's privacy. Google is even a member of the <i>PRISM</i> program, as outlined
+ by Edward Snowden. See notes about ChromeOS below. The libreboot project recommends
+ that the user replace the default <i>ChromeOS</i> with a less evil distribution.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ We also use the same argument for the MacBook and the ThinkPads that are supported in libreboot.
+ Those laptops are supported, in spite of Apple and Lenovo, companies which are actually <i>hostile</i>
+ to the free software movement.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ <a href="#pagetop">Back to top of page</a>.
+ </p>
+ </div>
<div class="section">
<h1 id="videoblobs">Caution: Video acceleration requires a blob. Do not install it. Use software rendering.</h1>
@@ -177,7 +214,7 @@
</div>
<div class="section">
- <h1 id="depthcharge">Depthcharge</h1>
+ <h1 id="depthcharge">Depthcharge payload</h1>
<p>
These systems do not use the GRUB payload. Instead, they use a payload called depthcharge,
which is common on Chromebooks.