The OP in the linked thread has not fully fleshed out the process, but in theory, once you can use the keys to build an image disabling boot guard - level 0, it should in theory then leave the machine open to being reflashed, though I'm not sure how true that is.

Clevo is like the 3rd largest manufacturer, and is sold as a number of names - XMG, Asus, HP, Alienware, System76, NovaCustom, Tuxedo, Eurocom, and many more...a lot of laptops they make are just ODM badged.

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The stock market and business of it never do make sense because the whole thing is rigged.

They have $4 billion in liquid assets, which if they desired would allow them to purchase new businesses to roll into their model or buy back all of the existing free float shares left.

No debts except a low interest covid loan from France.

They are branching out and selling consoles, PC gaming gear, board/card games, and sports cards in addition, amongst other things.

While you're right about a lot of what you say with digital downloads and such, you don't paint the full picture, but you can't be blamed because the Jim Cramers and hedgefunds of the world don't want people to know any of these facts.

Do some digging and you can find all this to confirm, and a lot more. r/superstonk is cultlike but they do have good fundamental research.

Literally on the front page: https://librewolf.net

You're here to astroturf for Mozilla or Google, aren't you?

https://librewolf.net/

Keeps version parity but removes all the nastiness with a lot of other beneficial config changes...and the ability to further customize in persistent js files.

Cachy Browser in CachyOS/Archlinux is more or less Librewolf with some other tweaks to make it faster.

But my HP Spectre died (I know, don't laugh) - 8th gen i7. It was...fine...I almost finished porting coreboot but the EC init I never could get working right.

That said the Serval WS and other more premium builds, while clevos, are repairable, supported, and have parts and manuals available. I realize I could buy a clevo or get a clevo from Tuxedo (and pay 5k if I want one with a mech keyboard and a 4090 inside) but then determining if the Sys76 coreboot and ec firmwares would work on it would be a whole other journey that I'm not really interested in right now.

With most manufacturers, even if they have longevity, you're still stuck most of the time figuring stuff out on your own and buying from China or Ebay to repair when something breaks...at least System76 supports their products fully and provides repair guides.

I got the serval because it includes a 4070 8gb...so graphics and battery life aren't really a concern to me...I usually am plugged in. I also trust AMD more but they haven't been very forthcoming on the PSP.

But in middle and high school now I believe they teach...whatever the teacher wants. So a lot of js, python, vb...

I can live with having ~1hr battery life (which I can push further anyway) with the way I operate and work...

Everyone I guess has different priorities. My company went remote so I don't have to be in an office or flying around all the time anymore, so I need less battery power.

I realize everyone hates on clevo but it's only the lower end models that really suffer "quality" issues.

I guess it depends on priorities. I prefer first to be as assured as I can that despite my 0 trust model, my machine isn't factory backdoored, or at least, is less factory backdoored than everyone else's machine.

I prioritize Coreboot and OpenEC over all else, Lenovo is known for security issues with their machines in the past and occasionally cripple features and even Linux boot support. Their track record is awful. If you're a tinkerer, why would you buy a ferrari you're not able or allowed to work on?

The higher end premium System76 machines are of excellent quality. The Serval WS - which I ordered 2 weeks ago - is such an example.

I realize performance and power and heat can be the concern but ultimately we know how to cripple ME, while the PSP isn't really fully understood yet.

System76 Serval WS - I ordered this and it arrives this week, however there is at least one AMD laptop they offer, again, I believe, with Coreboot and OpenEC.

There's also starlabs but their ship time is atrocious.