[Burnfire]

Greetings, I'll drop in here.

I have a brand new Asus Chromebox I'd like to use for Kodi and some other things. I originally wanted to use LibreELEC, but instead I decided to go for a full linux distro since I'll be using the device for some other things that LibreELEC doesn't support. Anyway, I plan to remove the existing ChromeOS and use Linux Mint as the only OS (single-boot). There are a number of guides online that suggest to use this E-Z setup script, but the thing doesn't quite do what I want so I'll have to perform some steps manually. Anyway, I have a bunch of related questions since some of the steps are similar to those in the E-Z setup script.

• A lot of chromebox guides explain that in order to update the chromebox firmware you have to remove the FW write-protect screw. I assume this will only disable the flash chip write protection pin so the chip can be written to. My question is do I have to put the screw back after flashing new firmware? Any reason not to?
  
• Dear Mr. Matt Devo! I've seen that I can update my chromebox with a coreboot/SeaBIOS payload, but there is also progress on a Tianocore UEFI image (Source: https://mrchromebox.tech ). Can you perhaps explain what the advantages are for each image and suggest which one to go for?
  
• I've seen the stock coreboot firmware has enabled the verified boot for the ChromeOS. Can I achieve something similar by updating the firmware with either SeaBIOS or Tianocore coreboot image?
  
• If I want to compile the coreboot image myself, is this the correct address for the source code? What's the difference between this repository and the coreboot mainline git repository (review.coreboot.org)?
  

Thanks in advance!