I'm happy to see more attention given to freeing hardware. They already are built on free software, so with some focused attention on supporting them well with distros like , the number of good GNU/Linux laptops can be greatly expanded. should be as well understood as other BIOS things. Thanks to @elly and @domi for your talk: media.ccc.de/v/37c3-11929-turn

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@elly and @domi outline how has structured their firmware to make it incompatible with the standard methods of booting an OS. So even though it is open source and upstreams their changes, lots of key functionality like audio, USB ports, etc does not work when booting any other OS (e.g. GNU/Linux or even Windows). This serves to lock the hardware to , and thereby generate lots of e-waste when Google drops support for hardware which supports.

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Awesome talk. Looking forward to free the Chromebook I just picked up for very little money.

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