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Hello Everyone,
I tried to load a Linux Mint over the old files on the HD. I like Cinnamon also. I am able to log into the UEFI/BIO, No admin pass set. Then I am a little confuse because of all of the setting and not really sure what some of them do.
If I know any from experience if you get in there and don't know what you are doing, you can make a pretty great paper weight. "BRICK".
So I have been doing some research and upon that take I came across another rabbit hole "which of course I had to follow".
Coreboot and Libreboot, and flashing chips with Raspberry Pie and a chip clip/jumper thing. Has anyone here tried this? I understand that this is a long way off of just installing LibreOffice. However, I have been trying to experiment with the best and most fees-able way to recycle older computers using only free software from fsf.org.
I am looking at using the same laptop. I don't know if I should wipe the drive, or buy a new one. Of course I have a old version of Mint on there, and yes forgot the password. So I am in the process of reading up on the UBCD and how to use it. On the way to an attempt flash of chips on the board, thought I might as well test it on the old Dell.
The goal of this is to take a computer and do my best to get any type of proprietary software/firmware/ME/win-dohs

off. Clean canvas... I hope. If not brick it and try to fix it.
In the future I plan on being able to help and teach others that are less fortunate repair devices that may have been salvages. Recently the Right to Repair was pass in my state. I am not sure if this might help reuse older discarded technologies, but I think it will help.
You'll rock
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