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Google Sponsors the LinuxBIOS project

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the guts-like-to-be-free-too dept.

Rockgod noted that "The LinuxBIOS project aims to take down the last barrier in Open Source systems by providing a free firmware (BIOS) implementation. LinuxBIOS celebrates its Sixth anniversary this year, and has an installed base of over 1 million LinuxBIOS systems. With the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project, that number is expected to exceed 10 million users in 2007. LinuxBIOS supports 65 mainboards from 31 vendors in v1 and another 56 mainboards from 27 vendors in v2"

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  1. Re:Why bother? by tomstdenis · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    CPU patching is not always done by the OS. It can and is done at the BIOS level as well. And no timing doesn't just mean DRAM, it also includes the northbridge, (if any) and other I/O buses.

    As for your sarcastic ignorant bullshit remark, I imagine Los Alamos has a cluster of THE IDENTICAL SAME BOX. Not the 1000s of different motherboards and I/O combos out there.

    So shut your gob you ignorant fuck.

    Tom

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  2. Re:Why bother? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I raped your mother.