• Caboose12000@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    whats libreboot? does (what im assuming is) a bootloader really have that much impact on performance after the PC has finished booting?

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      10 months ago

      whats libreboot? does (what im assuming is) a bootloader really have that much impact on performance after the PC has finished booting?

      It’s more a BIOS replacement, not a bootloader. It can have a slightly performance decrease due to lack of optimisation vs the proprietary BIOS.

      But the real issue is that Libreboot is supported in a very specific list of motherboards, which means that you don’t get to run the latest hardware.

      Last I checked the newer board that supported it was like 4 years old. It might have changed now, tho