--- title: Coreboot Issues Rebuttal To Recent Laptop Vendor Controversy description: Coreboot has issued a rebuttal to recent claims by laptop vendor MALIBAL regarding failed attempts to support Coreboot on their rebranded laptops. Coreboot... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/coreboot-issues-rebuttal-to-recent-laptop-vendor-controversy-rrj4668is twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Coreboot Issues Rebuttal To Recent Laptop Vendor Controversy | daily.dev og:description: Coreboot has issued a rebuttal to recent claims by laptop vendor MALIBAL regarding failed attempts to support Coreboot on their rebranded laptops. Coreboot... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/coreboot-issues-rebuttal-to-recent-laptop-vendor-controversy-rrj4668is og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/RrJ4668iS.png og:image:alt: Coreboot Issues Rebuttal To Recent Laptop Vendor Controversy og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Coreboot Issues Rebuttal To Recent Laptop Vendor Controversy **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Coreboot has issued a rebuttal to recent claims by laptop vendor MALIBAL regarding failed attempts to support Coreboot on their rebranded laptops. Coreboot clarifies that the vendor's attempt to port the firmware was unsuccessful due to unresolved hardware problems and a lack of consensus on the remaining effort. The collaboration was terminated early, with no formal agreements signed or money exchanged. Coreboot refutes the vendor's allegations of non-delivery. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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