* Paul van der Vlis:
Hello Paul Hänsch and others,
Op 23-11-14 om 23:39 schreef Paul Hänsch:
Paul van der Vlis paul@vandervlis.nl, Sun 2014-11-23 23:06:
https://bryanquigley.com/uncategorized/would-you-crowdfund-a-500-ubunt u-open-to-the-core-laptop
I don't get this point:
""quote --
- 128 GB SSD (this would be the one component that might have to be
proprietary as I’m not aware of another option) -- ""
Don't notebook SSDs appear as standerdised SATA disks these days? I've never experienced any trouble with this class of device. Could imagine that the internal ROM firmware is proprietary, but this should be the case for a lot of the components (even when the loadable part of the firmware is free).
A SSD has it's own processor and firmware, and that's always non-free so far I know.
The CPU has its own firmware, too. It even needs updates sometimes. Why doesn't it matter there?
(I got an OS-less laptop some time ago for much less than $500, but I don't know if it is CoreBoot-capable. Obviously, there is also tons of firmware running on other chips besides the main CPU.)