[artimaeis]

I love how capable these tiny N150 machines are. I've got one running Debian for my home media and backup solution and it's never stuttered. I'd be curious about exactly what machine they're testing with. I've got the Beelink ME mini running that media server. And I use a Beelink EQ14 as a kind of jump box to remote into my work desktop.

[craftkiller]

I'm not the author but my parents have pretty much decided they will never use a game console newer than the nintendo wii, but so far two of their wiis have died. Since no one is making wiis anymore, I decided to future-proof their gaming by setting them up with a mele quieter 4c [0], with the official wii bluetooth module attached over USB for perfect wiimote compatibility, running the dolphin emulator. Not every game runs perfectly, but every game they want to play runs perfectly AND it is smaller, silent, and consumes less power than the real wii.

[0] My experience with that mini computer: I bought two. The first one was great, but the 2nd one had coil whine so I had to return it. Aside from the whine, I love the box. If I could guarantee I wouldn't get whine I'd buy another today.

[transpute]

Would you mind sharing the Linux hardware platform security report ("fwupdmgr security") for those Beelink boxes, e.g. what is enabled/disabled by the OEM? N150 SoC supports Intel TXT, which was previously limited to $800+ vPro devices, but it requires BIOS support from OEMs like Beelink. Depending on HSI status, OSS coreboot might be feasible on some N150 boxes.

https://fwupd.github.io/libfwupdplugin/hsi.html

[artimaeis]

Happy to share the report from the ME Mini box (below). But the other one is running Windows so I can't help there. Thanks to this I was able to find I'd initially left off secure boot and was able to fix a couple of its suggestions at least, but if I'm understanding the HSI status and coreboot needs, there's fuses flipped that would prevent it.

  WARNING: UEFI capsule updates not available or enabled in firmware setup
  See https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd/wiki/PluginFlag:capsules-unsupported for more information.
  Host Security ID: HSI:0! (v2.0.8)
  
  HSI-1
   csme override:                 Locked
   csme v0:16.50.15.1515:         Valid
   Platform debugging:            Disabled
   SPI write:                     Disabled
   Supported CPU:                 Valid
   TPM empty PCRs:                Valid
   TPM v2.0:                      Found
   UEFI bootservice variables:    Locked
   UEFI secure boot:              Enabled
   BIOS firmware updates:         Disabled
   csme manufacturing mode:       Unlocked
   SPI lock:                      Disabled
   SPI BIOS region:               Unlocked
   UEFI platform key:             Invalid
  
  HSI-2
   Intel BootGuard:               Enabled
   IOMMU:                         Enabled
   Platform debugging:            Locked
   TPM PCR0 reconstruction:       Valid
   Intel BootGuard ACM protected: Invalid
   Intel BootGuard OTP fuse:      Invalid
   Intel BootGuard verified boot: Invalid
  
  HSI-3
   CET Platform:                  Supported
   Intel BootGuard error policy:  Invalid
   Pre-boot DMA protection:       Disabled
   Suspend-to-idle:               Disabled
   Suspend-to-ram:                Enabled
  
  HSI-4
   SMAP:                          Enabled
   Encrypted RAM:                 Not supported
  
  Runtime Suffix -!
   fwupd plugins:                 Untainted
   Linux kernel lockdown:         Enabled
   Linux kernel:                  Untainted
   CET OS Support:                Not supported
   Linux swap:                    Unencrypted
   UEFI db:                       Invalid
  
  This system has a low HSI security level.
   » https://fwupd.github.io/hsi.html#low-security-level
  
  This system has HSI runtime issues.
   » https://fwupd.github.io/hsi.html#hsi-runtime-suffix

[draga79]

It's a Minisforum UN150P

[transpute]

HSI report on that box would be useful.