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

Revision as of 03:29, 30 October 2014

Brand and Model	Type	Proprietary Components that are really hard to replace	Proprietary Components that could be replaced with some work	Proprietary Components that can be avoided	Compatible BIOS Replacements	Compatible 100 % Free software distributions	Availability
Lenovo X201	Small notebook	ME.bin: runs on another CPU, the Management Engine, very hard to replace and dangerous CPU microcode?		The default Wi-Fi card is from Intel and requires non-free firmware, the card can be replaced.	coreboot	Trisquel 5.5 and 6.0 ? Parabola ?	Second hand
Chromebook Pixel	Thin notebook	ME.bin: runs on another CPU, the Management Engine. very hard to replace. Dangerous to have. CPU microcode?	MRC.bin: RAM controller initialization, runs on the main CPU.		Coreboot with uboot as payload by default.	?	Available new. Available in USA, UK, and probably other countries.
Samsung Series 3 Chromebook	Thin notebook	Required BL1: proprietary and signed.		Wi-Fi needs non-free firmware (issues [1] [2] show it uses the mwifiex_sdio driver), same chip provides Bluetooth probably also requiring non-free firmware.	Coreboot? Uboot.	?	Available new… …in which countries?

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-* MRC.bin: RAM controller initialization, runs on the main CPU.
 * ME.bin: runs on another CPU, the Management Engine. very hard to replace. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Active_Management_Technology Dangerous to have].
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+* MRC.bin: RAM controller initialization, runs on the main CPU.
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