Windows 11 installed was using DISM so I bypassed the TPM and Secure Boot requirements. But System76 didn’t offer any solutions to that even now. I’m running their latest firmware release which is pretty old.
There are branches that have various fixes but nothing released yet. If I want, I could compile to try, but what normie wants to do that? Plus have potential for other bugs on an unreleased branch that’s just being tested.
And that’s my issue with Coreboot (at least this implimentation). I remembered I tried my hand at fixing the fan curves. I found the part where you can edit it in the source code and did it. Someone did it better eventually. But the issue was I had to download the entire thing, edit, compile, then flash. Nerve-racking. And I can see how most people won’t or can’t do this.
And if you don’t like what the community pushed curves, good luck.
That’s what I mean it’s probably great for a certain kind of person. You can customize everything if you k ow how to and have the tenacity. Most people don’t.
Framework is trying to be for everyone, including PC enthusiasts. Most PC enthusiasts are not developers who understand GitHub, C++, or Rust. You need these skills to “customize to your heart’s content” competently.
When I bought my System76, I thought Coreboot being open source is an awesome idea, but didn’t know what I was getting myself into. I thought it would have more options. Thought it was like open source firewall where it’s still easy to use but with a lot more options. Turns out it’s barely any options unless you do things in the source code.
Until System76 develop a standard GUI to expose all the settings an enthusiast expects, it’s more of a developer’s wet dream than for an enthusiast like me.
I’ve gone pretty far to mess with the code but it’s not something I want to keep doing just to adjust memory timings and fan curves.
The only exposed setting is boot order. You don’t even have access to edit boot entries in the firmware interface. As you see in my video, I did everything with command line in an OS. If you don’t even have the option to boot into an OS, you might be borked.
So if Framework does eventually go Coreboot, either make it so it’s a direct 1 to 1 replacement feature wise to the InsydeH2O bios or offer Coreboot as a (non-default) option.
