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Comment by wizzwizz4

1 month ago

There are free BIOSes.

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kube-system  1 month ago

IBM didn't ship any on their PC

  • wizzwizz4  1 month ago

    So? You can replace the ROM chip (or flash it, if it's an EEPROM). The whole point of free software is that you don't have to limit yourself to what the manufacturer says you can do.

    • kube-system  1 month ago

      I was responding to:

      > Any computer running nonfree software can't be a personal one

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