enterprise.linux.com — After seven years of work, the LinuxBIOS project is on the brink of making a free BIOS a standard option for computers. Serious obstacles remain, including a lack of resources and resistance from some proprietary chipset manufacturers and OEMs, but the advantages of LinuxBIOS indicate that its availability to the average computer buyer may be only
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Closed AccountDec 7, 2006
@skyshockThere is some reason to believe that the newer mainboard BIOSes will include non-circumventable DRM technology. At this point it's mostly sensationalism but if the worst fears were realized, it would be nice to have some alternative available so we could continue to do as we please with stuff we paid money for.
Closed AccountDec 7, 2006
I don't know about you, but hard drive noise is near the bottom of the list when it comes to silencing HTPCs. There are plenty of quiet drives out there and silicon shims/mounts to keep HD noise down. Heat generated by such drives, however, is a concern and often necessitates the use of more and louder fans to get the heat out.
reno582Dec 7, 2006
Open Source BIOS? thats a better word for it, eh whatever, if you want to give stupid kids the freedom to bunk their hardware, A better idea would be a embedded form of Linux, like if motherboards come with like 32 or 64 MB of on-board flash memory, thats a great idea.
gyrfalconDec 7, 2006
Manufacturers stop supporting products 3 months to a year after they're released... OpenBIOS should be mandatory!!!I just got done hacking award BIOS to include the newest nVRAID, and SIL 3114 ROM's... With OpenBIOS this wouldn't be such a pain.
unl1m1t3dDec 7, 2006
I love how Gigabyte has the dual bios. One of the reasons I buy their boards.
unl1m1t3dDec 7, 2006
Yeah it sucks my wireless card is automatically recognized and configured by default. When will those Linux guru's finally get hardware support where it needs to be? /sarcasm
msikmaDec 8, 2006
No, you're not. Windows has nothing to do with your BIOS. Your BIOS is a separate piece of software altogether. There's also the urban legend that says you invalidate your Windows EULA if you install Linux, which is also just plain untrue. Microsoft have no say over what you do with your non-Microsoft software.
sanguinemoonDec 9, 2006
How disappointing that this won't violate Microsoft's EULA. I enjoy violating their EULAs
thirdtenorDec 9, 2006
It is not that hard to to swap a BIOS chip, you should use a PLCC extraction tool, but they are readily available.