Group: Hardware/Computers/Laptops/Laptops with fatal flaws/Common Laptops

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Some of theses laptops are able to run 100% free GNU/Linux distribution out of the box.
 
Some of theses laptops are able to run 100% free GNU/Linux distribution out of the box.
  
But the software<ref name="bootstrap-firmware"></ref> that does the very first hardware initialisation isn't part of the GNU/Linux distributions. Instead it's bundled inside the laptop itself.<ref name="flash-chip">It resides inside a flash chip on the mainboard. Some laptops can or do use some free software to do the very first initialisation.</ref>
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It resides inside a flash chip on the mainboard. Some laptops can or do use some free software to do the very first initialisation.</ref>
  
 
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Revision as of 13:44, 23 November 2014

Introduction

Many laptops still have non-free software[1] that initialises the hardware before loading the operating system.

Theses laptops are discussed here.

Laptops

Some of theses laptops are able to run 100% free GNU/Linux distribution out of the box.

But the software[1] that does the very first hardware initialisation isn't part of the GNU/Linux distributions. Instead it's bundled inside the laptop itself.[2]

References

  1. 1.01.1 This software can have many names (BIOS, EFI, UEFI etc...).
  2. It resides inside a flash chip on the mainboard. Some laptops can or do use some free software to do the very first initialisation.