Group: Hardware/History/Laptops Comparison

Latest revision as of 20:49, 17 March 2023

Introduction

Nowadays, some laptops are able to run only free software.

This means that they are not "just" able to run 100% free software distributions: they go way beyond that.

What initialises the hardware before loading the operating system (like a fully free distribution) is software.

This software can have many names (BIOS, EFI, UEFI etc...).

Free software initialisation code, along with a 100% free operating system, and peripherals that work with free software can result in a 100% free system on some laptops.

Laptop that can be 100% free

Laptop that can be 100% free

Other laptops

Incomplete information

Laptops that needs to be evaluated

List of pages

This set of pages talks about laptops.

Hardware/History/Laptops_Comparison has no subpages to list.

(Note that this page does not automatically update; if you add another page under Hardware/, make sure to refresh/purge this page.)

This page was a featured resource in September 2014.

"issue" is not in the list (interest, location, project, school) of allowed values for the "Organized around" property.

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+== Introduction ==
-! Brand and Model
+Nowadays, some laptops are able to run only free software.
-! Type
-! Required and Optional Proprietary "BIOS Replacement" Components
+This means that they are not "just" able to run 100% free software distributions: they go way beyond that.
-! Required and Optional Proprietary Components for Peripherals
-! Compatible BIOS Replacements
+What initialises the hardware before loading the operating system (like a fully free distribution) is software.
-! Compatible 100% Free software distributions
-|-
+This software can have many names (BIOS, EFI, UEFI etc...).
-! Lemote 8089D
-| Netbook
+Free software initialisation code, along with a 100% free operating system, and peripherals that work with free software can result in a 100% free system on some laptops.
-| <span style="background:green">None</span>
-| <span style="background:green">None</span>
+== Laptop that can be 100% free ==
-|
+* [[/Freeable_laptops|Laptop that can be 100% free]]
-* Pmon
-*Grub2 ?
+== Other laptops ==
-|
+* [[/Common Laptops| Common laptops]]
-* Gnewsense ?
+* [[/Laptop requiring some work | Partially free laptops that require some work to be free]]
-* Parabola ?
+* [[/Partially free laptops| Partially free laptops that would be really hard to free]]
-|-
-! Lemote 8101B
+== Incomplete information ==
-| Netbook
+* [[/Laptop to evaluate | Laptops that needs to be evaluated]]
-| <span style="background:green">None</span>
-| <span style="background:green">None</span>
+== List of pages ==
-|
+This set of pages talks about laptops.
-* Pmon
-*Grub2 ?
+<splist
-|
+ showparent=no
-* Gnewsense ?
+ sort=asc
-* Parabola ?
+ sortby=title
-|-
+ liststyle=unordered
-! Lemote Loongson 3A notebook
+ showpath=no
-| Notebook
+ kidsonly=no
-|
+ debug=0
-* <span style="background:red">Ati VGA BIOS/Option Rom Required to have graphics</span>
+/>
-|
-* ?
-* Probalby optional ATI microcode for the GPU(No 3D without it).
+''(Note that this page does not automatically update; if you add another page under Hardware/, make sure to [{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|action=purge}} refresh/purge this page].)''
-|
-* Pmon
-|
+{{featured resource|month=September|year=2014}}
-* ?
-|-
+[[is entity::group| ]]
-! Lenovo X60
+[[organized around::issue| ]]
-| light/compact Notebook
+[[Category:Hardware]]
-|
+[[Category:Laptops]]
-* With coreboot: Optional VGA BIOS rom(No graphics during boot without it, but as soon as linux-libre loads the i915 driver, graphics start working).
-* CPU Microcode ?
-|
-* The default Wifi Card is from intel and require non-free firmware, replace that card.
-|
-* The default non-free BIOS can be replaced with Coreboot v4 (warning the procedure is complicated)
-|
-* Trisquel 5.5 and 6.0
-* Parabola
-|-
-! Lenovo T60 (With Intel GPU)
-| Notebook
-|
-* With coreboot: Optional VGA BIOS rom(No graphics during boot without it, but as soon as linux-libre loads the i915 driver, graphics start working).
-* CPU Microcode ?
-|
-* The default Wifi Card is from intel and require non-free firmware, replace that card.
-|
-* The default non-free BIOS can be replaced with Coreboot v4 (warning the procedure is complicated)
-|
-* Trisquel 5.5 and 6.0
-* Parabola
-|-
-! Lenovo T60 (With ATI GPU)
-| Notebook
-|
-* With coreboot: <span style="background:red">Ati VGA BIOS/Option Rom Required to have graphics</span>
-* CPU Microcode ?
-|
-* The default Wifi Card is from intel and require non-free firmware, replace that card.
-|
-* The default non-free BIOS can be replaced with Coreboot v4 (warning the procedure is complicated)
-* Probalby optional ATI microcode for the GPU(No 3D without it).
-|
-* Trisquel 5.5 and 6.0
-* Parabola
-|-
-! OLPC XO-1
-| Small notebook
-|
-* VSA(LGPL) cannot be built with free software yet.
-|
-* Internal Wifi card require a non-free firmware.
-|
-* Free BIOS Replacement(which one?)
-|
-* ?
-|-
-! Chromebook Pixel
-| Thin notebook
-|
-* MRC.bin( Ram controller initialization, run on the main CPU)
-* ME.bin(Runs on another CPU, The Management engine, very dangerous(used for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Active_Management_Technology AMT] in some other devices))
-* Optional non-free VGA BIOS(has a free replacement in coreboot)
-|
-* ?(I've no idea of the wifi card inside)
-|
-* Coreboot with uboot as payload by default
-|
-* ?
-|}

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