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GNUser:
Just a quick note: This weekend I flashed Libreboot onto a new (to me) X200 Thinkpad. I then transferred hard drive with my personal data and frugal install of TC Pure64 10.1 from my prior laptop to the X200. TCL worked perfectly on the new laptop, no tweaks of any kind were required! :)

(The only apparent compatibility issue between TCL and Libreboot that I've ever encounted is that Xvesa doesn't work. However, Xfbdev and Xorg work perfectly.)

If anyone here ever needs help flashing Libreboot or has any questions about my experience, just let me know. I'll be happy to share and help in whatever way I can.

P.S. Learning to use TCL has made my computing so much simpler and more enjoyable. Thank you, curaga, juanito, Rich, Robert Shingledecker, and friends. You have created something quite special.

Rich:
Hi GNUser

--- Quote from: GNUser on December 16, 2019, 10:23:54 AM --- ... (The only apparent compatibility issue between TCL and Libreboot that I've ever encounted is that Xvesa doesn't work. However, Xfbdev and Xorg work perfectly.) ...
--- End quote ---
Xvesa is 32 bit only, see:
http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,19587.msg121287.html#msg121287
http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,16299.msg97256.html#msg97256

GNUser:
Thanks, Rich. I know. When I first started using TCL on a Libreboot machine, I was using TCL 32-bit and graphics wouldn't work with Xvesa. This is not an issue anymore, I just mentioned it for completion's sake because it is the only compatibility issue I'm aware of.

Again, only for completion's sake: There are some totally benign errors during boot. However, these are not unique to TCL (they show up when booting other distros). See here for an example: http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,23333.0.html (note the *ERROR* CPU pipe A FIFO underrun in reply #4).

Rich:
Hi GNUser
Ah, but your original post only mentioned:

--- Quote from: GNUser on December 16, 2019, 10:23:54 AM --- ... frugal install of TC Pure64 10.1 ...
--- End quote ---
I saw no mention of 32 bit in there. Check and mate. ::)

GNUser:
Mea culpa.
My first post would have been better had I mentioned no compatibility issues with either TCL 64-bit or TCL 32-bit, except for Xvesa in 32-bit ;)

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