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submitted 8 months ago by otl@hachyderm.io to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

Another successful OpenBSD setup

I've been buying these little boxes from AliExpress for years to use as firewalls and routers. My oldest one is almost 9 years old now! OpenBSD installs just fine. Just a BIOS tweak to always boot up after power is restored.

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[-] const_void@lemmy.ml 31 points 8 months ago

No and they don't provide the source either. Makes you wonder what's running in there.

[-] StopSpazzing@lemmy.world 21 points 8 months ago

While i agree, no one provides full source blobs for firmware and bios that i am aware of. Please correct me if I am wrong, however.

[-] const_void@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 months ago
[-] StopSpazzing@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Open source bios yes, but you still have close source firmware blobs for amd/intel used on those systems. The only way to do this is to make 100% of the hardware.

Also please note, I am using coreboot already on my pcengines router.

[-] areyouevenreal@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Few computers use CoreBoot, and CoreBoot still uses proprietary blobs typically. Normally only libreboot has zero blobs, and they are very rare indeed.

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