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"It's not that bad" they told me – Coreboot
“It’s not that bad” they told me “It’ll be fun” they told me THIS WAS TORTURE AND I HATED ALMOST EVERY SECOND OF IT So I corebooted my Thinkpad T420. Why? Okay firstly what is coreboot? Coreboot is an aftermarket open source BIOS/Firmware replacement for computers.
Its main features are faster booting, sometimes being able to do things that your stock BIOS doesn’t let you do, and making you feel better about yourself if you’re some obnoxious FOSS obsessed stallman loving fanatic. Armed with a screwdriver set my dad gave me for christmas years ago (thank you so much <3), a PDF of the Lenovo Hardware Maintenance Manual, and a desire to do anything other than my homework due that night, I began the disassembly process. I plugged the bare minimum needed to test the laptop (keyboard, heatsink, display, and charging port) into the motherboard, pressed the power button, and was so happy when I saw the money laundering network and seabios starting up.
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