#Coreboot Comes To AMD Ryzen Powered Star Labs StarBook MK VI After 3+ Year Wait
For those that had purchased a StarBook MK VI laptop 3+ years ago over the advertised support for Coreboot, Star Labs has now delivered with a Coreboot build finally available and working for this AMD Ryzen 5000 series powered laptop.
@jedie I guess this depends on the country. I can buy direct from Protectli Canada.
How is this related to smartphones ? Of course there are proprietary blobs in Wifi and other chips, not sure why this means more support needed. Can you elaborate ?
Protectli will also load #Coreboot for you on their routers, very useful too.
Oooh, I guess I know what I'll be doing this week-end.
https://github.com/StarLabsLtd/firmware/issues/65#issuecomment-4235147646
Background I ordered a Starbook MK V last may so I'm not sure if I own a V or VI (it has a fingerprint reader if that helps). While I ordered it with Coreboot, it came with American Megatrends. Oth...
Конец дешёвых ПК и мировой кризис. Придётся экономить
Подорожание комплектующих изменило рынок. Тут происходит много странных на первый взгляд явлений: выходят ноутбуки с процессорами от телефонов (!?), появляются материнки на старой платформе AM4 (потому что память DDR4 намного дешевле DDR5), появились даже дисплеи для ноутбуков с частотой 1 Гц (это инновация для энергосбережения). Но есть и плюсы. Купленные в прошлые годы ПК останутся актуальными дольше обычного. Старые ПК получат новую жизнь. Разработчикам игр и ПО придётся умерить аппетиты — и оптимизировать софт для текущего железа, а не в расчёте на апгрейд. Потому что апгрейда не будет. Разработчикам придётся отложить генераторы нейрослопа кода — и сосредоточиться на вдумчивой оптимизации софта. А пользователям — экономить и выкручиваться.
https://habr.com/ru/companies/ruvds/articles/1018022/
#AM4 #AM5 #Debian #мировой_кризис #экономия #Linux_на_ноутбуке #Macbook_Neo #Coreboot #RAMpocalypse #ruvds_статьи
Happy Easter! 🐧 #Linux Weekly Roundup for April 5th, 2026: #GNOME 51's release schedule, #Archinstall 4.0, #KDE Plasma 6.7's new features, #Coreboot 26.03, #Netrunner 26, OBS Studio 32.1.1, #Artix Linux 2026.04, #AerynOS 2026.03, #OpenVPN 2.7.1, GNOME 49.5, #4MLinux 51.0, #Elive Linux's return, and more https://9to5linux.com/9to5linux-weekly-roundup-april-5th-2026
(more Linux and FOSS news in previous posts of thread)
Introducing Proton Workspace: An encrypted suite for team collaboration:
https://proton.me/business/blog/proton-workspace
(Now my university will have a hard time finding an excuse to use Office 365 lol)
ONLYOFFICE ends its partnership with Nextcloud over new unauthorized "Euro-Office" fork:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/4/onlyoffice-ends-its-partnership-with-nextcloud-over-new-unauthorized-euro-office-fork/
The Document Foundation kicks out Collabora Office devs from LibreOffice project:
https://www.collaboraonline.com/blog/tdf-ejects-its-core-developers/
(April's Fools joke, I think? Or is it real? 🤔)
Arti 2.2 enables HTTP CONNECT by default, enhances RPC features, and fixes security issues:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/4/arti-2-2-enables-http-connect-by-default-enhances-rpc-features-and-fixes-security-issues/
Servo 0.0.6 Released With Many Great Improvements:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Servo-0.0.6-Released
Pi-hole releases FTL v6.6, Web v6.5, and Core v6.4.1 with security fixes, adds MAC control:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/4/pi-hole-releases-ftl-v6-6-web-v6-5-and-core-v6-4-1-with-security-fixes-adds-mac-control/
OpenVPN 2.7.1 Released with New Features, Improvements, and Bug Fixes:
https://9to5linux.com/openvpn-2-7-1-released-with-new-features-improvements-and-bug-fixes
Kodi 22 'Piers' Alpha 3 is out -- download it now!:
https://betanews.com/article/kodi-22-piers-alpha-3-is-out-download-it-now/
Ollama gains major performance boosts on Apple Silicon thanks to Apple's MLX framework:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/3/ollama-gains-major-performance-boosts-on-apple-silicon-thanks-to-apple-s-mlx-framework/
Cloudflare Announces EmDash As Open-Source "Spiritual Successor" To WordPress:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Cloudflare-EmDash
Vulkan 1.4.348 Ships Four New Extensions - Including One To Help OpenGL Emulation:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Vulkan-1.4.348-Released
Nginx 1.29.7 Delivers Multipath TCP Support:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Nginx-1.29.7-Multipath-TCP
Gentoo Releases Experimental Images Using GNU/Hurd:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Gentoo-GNU-Hurd-Experimental
Redox OS Introducing New CPU Scheduler For ~1.5x Performance In Heavy Tasks:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Redox-OS-New-CPU-Sched
Coreboot 26.03 Open-Source Firmware Adds Full Support for Intel PantherLake SoCs:
https://9to5linux.com/coreboot-26-03-open-source-firmware-adds-full-support-for-intel-pantherlake-socs
#WeeklyNews #OpenSource #FOSSNews #OpenSourceNews #FOSS #News #ProtonWorkspace #ONLYOFFICE #LibreOffice #Arti #Servo #PiHole #OpenVPN #Kodi #Ollama #EmDash #Cloudflare #Vulkan #Nginx #Gentoo #GNUHurd #RedoxOS #Coreboot #OfficeSuite #OS #OperatingSystem #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Tor #VPN #MediaServer #AdBlocker #SelfHosting #AdBlocking #WebServer #FosseryTech
How do I get the motivation to fix this laptop mainboard?
The only thing wrong with it is the charge ports, but the problem is 44 of the 48 pads across the 2 type c ports are missing. (don't ask me how, I don't know either, its used since it was the only replacement board I could afford)
I've been putting it off for a few months now, I know what must be done, I just am too intimidated.
Any tips for reframing this problem so i stop putting it off would be appreciated
#rework #chromebook #coreboot #repair #righttorepair #brokenpads #laptop #laptops #soldering #idkwhatothertagstoput
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