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I have a 8300 at home and recently spent half a day searching for an old driver that would enable WOL, since it's not supported by Windows 10 drivers. I managed to find a compatiable one that wouldn't be rejected by Windows eventually, but it was pure luck. It's a shame libreboot doesn't support WOL.

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Please note, that to boot Windows you require a vBIOS to be present, something that is off by default in libreboot, as it's a proprietary blob. It will only boot into safe mode. But you can configure it in the coreboot config menu, though that would go against the libre principle. But the ultimate principle is consumer choise of course.

Why would someone run Microsoft Windows on top of Libreboot?

Why would someone run their proprietary server software on top of Linux?

Actually that's a good question. Perhaps an answer is that they are looking for still-supported firmware or needed WOL as such a core feature and perhaps apps couldn't just run on just Linux, but it is still a good question: why run a closed-source (some might call spyware) operating system on top of libreboot, the opposite.

Although it is indeed a weird mix of going all the way of using a FOSS firmware with the goal to remove all non-FOSS proprietary software blobs on the boot-path and then include them anyways via Windows, but that is of course up to the consumer. The right to use your device anyway you wish, the ultimate expression of libre.

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