Is there a newer model of desktop/laptop/motherboard which supports Coreboot?

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As far as I can see, the T440p is the latest Thinkpad to support Coreboot/skulls.

If I wanted something newer (say, something from 2019-2022 or so) under $400, what could I even get? I want to run my own choice of linux distribution on it, so most chromebooks are out of the question (also I'd like something more powerful and upgradeable).

Thanks.

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https://us.starlabs.systems/pages/starbook

I WANT THIS I WANT THIS I WANT THISSS

THIS SEEMS SO COOL

THEY EVEN HAVE REPLACEMENT PARTS FOR SALE WTF

COREBOOT? R2R? GOOD IO? VERY GOOD WARRANTY??

WHY IS THIS NOT MORE POPULAR

It's a lesser known company and somewhat pricey, but my friend who I trust has given his a very glowing review. He has the 14" and is actually planning to give it to his gf and buy the 16" once they become available.

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There are at least four companies listed here selling new laptops with coreboot preinstalled: https://doc.coreboot.org/distributions.html

Ah, the problem here is my budget. I'm trying not to spend too much (preferably under $400) and at this point perhaps a T440p might just be decent enough

With that tight of a budget I wouldn’t hold your breath.

Something like coreboot is incredibly niche for someone to care about. Newer device like above will be costly because of economies of scale. And for something on a hobbyist level to take off it would need to be at least a few years old + the right person getting the bug up their ass to make it work (well).

I had a W540 until the end of 2021 and besides it crashing from a hardware issue it was plenty fast for me at the time. As long as you’re not doing too intensive work it’s probably plenty as long as you’ve got the full power 45 watt quad core i7s.

Thanks, I'm starting to realise that too. Perhaps an old ThinkPad would be OK for now.

I'm out of the loop, what is the advantage to coreboot?

coreboot, formerly known as LinuxBIOS, is a software project aimed at replacing proprietary firmware (BIOS or UEFI) found in most computers with a lightweight firmware designed to perform only the minimum number of tasks necessary to load and run a modern 32-bit or 64-bit operating system.

Same reason you run Linux instead of Windows.