Thank you very much, suitsmeveryfine, for your detailed report!
I see that it's a non-trivial and risky task, and since it indeed is my main
computer and i can't really afford to brick my device, i will refrain from
installing libreboot at the moment, even if it's VERY unpleasant for me to
give up on that; after all, i have one of the two (?) supported libreboot
devices right in front of me;
so close, and yet so far away ;)
I hope that - someday - it will become easy and cheap to get a computer with
free bios!