but you did notice that compilers can be manipulated to include backdoors into resulting binaries AND put the same manipulation into newly compiled compilers as well, right? then where did you get that compiler from? did you have a look at the binary output? then if so, did you look at it using the hexeditor of that same compiler? 😎 plz have a look … 💥 bzzzt … really you are lucky to be alive after a blast like that, especially you, have yourself checked out with ems before you leave!
I bought an Asus Eee PC from 2007 for $7 a couple weeks ago and put NetBSD and it is honestly surprisingly usable for non web tasks. Your 2011 ThinkPad is like insane future technology by comparison
Yeah really. I have a T430, tried an i7 upgrade but it ate too much battery and was crazy hot (3632QM, the “normal” model!).
The dual core CPU still works kinda well. The keyboard is awesome but loud. The screen is terrible. I have some phone speakers I plan to use for swapping the laptop ones which are crap too.
My T495 had an even better keyboard but proprietary, outdated (kind of, got a Spectre patch).
The clevo honestly has crappy external hardware except the excellent screen. Camera sucks, touchpad sucks, keyboard tolerable. Very strong i7 cpu and good peripherls (well, no displayport, a nogo for FOSS computers I think)
The screen on the t430 is indeed horrible but I had a very modern laptop before this which was pretty high spec, and it had a even worse screen than this somehow (it was some horrendous IPS display, I don’t even understand how you mess it up that bad). Compared to that pile of garbage this is much better. The only problem is that you can’t replace the display on the t430 as easily as a modern (non-touchscreen) laptop because it uses the LVDS interface instead of the modern eDP interface.
Unless you’re using ancient hardware, you already have an internet connected back door in your CPU.
pulls out abacus
“Not today fedboys! Now, how do I listen to Taylor’s latest single on this?”
Use it as a harp?
If it doesn’t work check for viruses, defragment your balls, and satanise your beads. Maybe you just need to download more orbs?
👨🍳 💋
Never under-satanise your balls, don’t want a cherub infestation, those things are nasty, destructive, hard to kill, and they shit everywhere.
Pulls out thinkpad with coreboot Not today assholes
*libreboot
I prefer coreboots flexibility
Not as free though. Also coreboot needs a distribution
does it? I got the source from coreboot.org and compiled it myself.
but you did notice that compilers can be manipulated to include backdoors into resulting binaries AND put the same manipulation into newly compiled compilers as well, right? then where did you get that compiler from? did you have a look at the binary output? then if so, did you look at it using the hexeditor of that same compiler? 😎 plz have a look … 💥 bzzzt … really you are lucky to be alive after a blast like that, especially you, have yourself checked out with ems before you leave!
I looked at it by inspecting my hdd with a microscope. is that good enough?
Corebooted Thinkpads are pretty anchient.
But 3mdeb, Novacustom, Starlabs, System76… well and Chromebooks exist.
Also no idea about the new ARM laptops.
You can run libreboot on newer devices but the Intel ME is needed to boot. Apparently the device shuts off after 15min without it.
With that being said it is possible to disable it after boot
2011 isnt that old… right?
I bought an Asus Eee PC from 2007 for $7 a couple weeks ago and put NetBSD and it is honestly surprisingly usable for non web tasks. Your 2011 ThinkPad is like insane future technology by comparison
2012 isn’t that bad, it even has usb3!
Yeah really. I have a T430, tried an i7 upgrade but it ate too much battery and was crazy hot (3632QM, the “normal” model!).
The dual core CPU still works kinda well. The keyboard is awesome but loud. The screen is terrible. I have some phone speakers I plan to use for swapping the laptop ones which are crap too.
My T495 had an even better keyboard but proprietary, outdated (kind of, got a Spectre patch).
The clevo honestly has crappy external hardware except the excellent screen. Camera sucks, touchpad sucks, keyboard tolerable. Very strong i7 cpu and good peripherls (well, no displayport, a nogo for FOSS computers I think)
The screen on the t430 is indeed horrible but I had a very modern laptop before this which was pretty high spec, and it had a even worse screen than this somehow (it was some horrendous IPS display, I don’t even understand how you mess it up that bad). Compared to that pile of garbage this is much better. The only problem is that you can’t replace the display on the t430 as easily as a modern (non-touchscreen) laptop because it uses the LVDS interface instead of the modern eDP interface.
I believe that’s Intel only, AMD’s isn’t internet connected
AMD has an equivalent technology they put in around the same time. Also AMD chips aren’t nearly as compatible with libreboot.
A while back AMD did say they were looking to open up a lot of the boot stack but I haven’t heard anything sense.
unless you’re running your own gsm station and let your cpu’s safely connect to it, and use that connection for additional snmp monitoring data?