Group: Hardware/History/Laptops Comparison

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Brand and Model Type Required and Optional Proprietary "BIOS Replacement" Components Required and Optional Proprietary Components for Peripherals Compatible BIOS Replacements Compatible 100% Free software distributions Availability
Lemote 8089D Netbook None None
  • Pmon
  • Grub2 ?
  • Gnewsense ?
  • Parabola ?
 ?
Lemote 8101B Netbook None None
  • Pmon
  • Grub2 ?
  • Gnewsense ?
  • Parabola ?
 ?
Lemote Loongson 3A notebook Notebook
  • Ati VGA BIOS/Option Rom Required to have graphics
  •  ?(I've no idea of the wifi card)
  • Probalby optional ATI microcode for the GPU(No 3D without it).
  • Pmon
  •  ?
  • should be Available new(I've not tried to buy one though)
Lenovo X60 light/compact 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.
  • Trisquel 5.5 and 6.0
  • Parabola
  • Easy to find
  • Second hand
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.
  • Trisquel 5.5 and 6.0
  • Parabola
  • Easy to find
  • Second hand
Lenovo T60 (With ATI GPU) Notebook
  • With coreboot: Ati VGA BIOS/Option Rom Required to have graphics
  • 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: complicated procedure)
  • Probalby optional ATI microcode for the GPU(No 3D without it).
  • Trisquel 5.5 and 6.0
  • Parabola
  • Easy to find
  • Second hand
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 AMT in some other devices))
  • Optional non-free VGA BIOS(has a free replacement in coreboot)
  • CPU Microcode ?
  •  ?(I've no idea of the wifi card inside)
  • Coreboot with uboot as payload by default
  •  ?
  • Available new
  • In which countries?
Samsung Series 3 Chromebook Thin notebook
  • Required PBL? BL1? (I don't remember the exact name): proprietary and signed.
  •  ?(I've no idea of the wifi card inside)
  • Coreboot?
  • Uboot
  •  ?
  • Available new
  • In which countries?

TODO

  • Add other coreboot chromebooks
  • Add gdium
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