nolan Coreboot is an opensource implementation for "BIOS" of EFI firmware or replacement for them, i can't recall, it depends on what hardware coreboot supports.
Exactly. The coreboot website self-describes as a "replacement for your BIOS/UEFI ... designed to boot your operating system as fast as possible without any compromise to security, with no back doors, and without any cruft from the 80s."
It can, apparently, work with a variety of hardware platforms using different payloads, can support a secure boot process, and deploys "a minimal Trusted Computing Base" to reduce attack service. But it would also seem, reading the documentation and tutorials, to require careful configuration to work with specific hardware platforms.
That's all fine. What I don't see, however, is any advantage to replacing the existing OEM BIOS/UEFI in an existing desktop or laptop computer, a BIOS/UEFI designed to work with the specific hardware components of that desktop or laptop. It sounds like a great way to brick a working computer.
nolan at the moment there's a few laptops i know came with coreboot; chromebooks, pinebook, system76 to name some brands
The coreboot website lists a number of available pre-built desktops and laptops.
Kevinsotovalle which is better of the two especially for this distribution or does one not have the drivers and is not compatible? also i see there is no auto update section for those firmware or solus if you update them automatically?
It isn't a relevant question. The BIOS/UEFI boot precedes the kernel which precedes the OS which precedes the DE. BIOS/UEFI is updated, typically, by the OEM and drivers delivered at the kernel level. Solus is not involved in updating at the BIOS/UEFI level.
