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

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! Brand and Model
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! Type
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! Required and Optional Proprietary “BIOS Replacement” Components
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! Required and Optional Proprietary Components for Peripherals
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! Compatible BIOS Replacements
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! Compatible 100 % Free software distributions
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! Availability
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! OLPC XO-1
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| Small notebook
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* VSA (LGPL) cannot be built with free software yet.
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* Internal Wi-Fi card requires non-free firmware.
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* Free BIOS replacement (which one?).
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* ?
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! Chromebook Pixel
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| Thin notebook
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* MRC.bin: RAM controller initialization, runs on the main CPU.
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* ME.bin: runs on another CPU, the Management Engine, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Active_Management_Technology very hard to replace and dangerous].
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* Optional non-free VGA BIOS (has a free replacement in Coreboot).
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* CPU microcode?
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* <span style="background:#6f6">None</span>
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* Coreboot with uboot as payload by default.
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* ?
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* Available new.
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* Available in USA, UK, and probably other countries.
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! Samsung Series 3 Chromebook
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| Thin notebook
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* Required BL1: proprietary and signed.
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* Wi-Fi needs non-free firmware (issues [https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=315225] [https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=270166] show it uses the mwifiex_sdio driver), same chip provides Bluetooth probably also requiring non-free firmware.
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* Coreboot?
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* Uboot.
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* ?
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* Available new…
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* …in which countries?
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* Add other Coreboot Chromebooks
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* Add gdium-->
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Revision as of 14:38, 31 August 2014

Someone needs to write a free replacement for some parts

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 Loongson 3A notebook Notebook
  • ATI VGA BIOS/Option ROM required to have graphics, someone needs to write a free replacement for that.
  • Probably optional ATI microcode for the GPU (no acceleration without it).
 Pmon None, gNewSense needs just a custom kernel Out of stock
Lenovo T60 (with ATI GPU) Notebook
  • With Coreboot: ATI VGA BIOS/Option ROM required to have graphics (can be used in headless mode, without graphics. Serial console and SSH).
  • CPU microcode: usually optional, like X60
  • The default Wi-Fi card is from Intel and requires non-free firmware, replace that card.
  • The default non-free BIOS can be replaced with Coreboot v4 (complicated procedure)
  • Probably optional ATI microcode for the GPU (no acceleration without it).
  • Trisquel 5.5 and newer
  • Parabola
 Easy to find second hand
Lenovo X201 Small notebook
  • The default Wi-Fi card is from Intel and requires non-free firmware, replace it.
  • Trisquel 5.5 and 6.0 ?
  • Parabola ?
 Second hand

Unsorted

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
OLPC XO-1 Small notebook
  • VSA (LGPL) cannot be built with free software yet.
  • Internal Wi-Fi card requires non-free firmware.
  • Free BIOS replacement (which one?).
  •  ?
Chromebook Pixel Thin notebook
  • MRC.bin: RAM controller initialization, runs on the main CPU.
  • ME.bin: runs on another CPU, the Management Engine, very hard to replace and dangerous.
  • Optional non-free VGA BIOS (has a free replacement in Coreboot).
  • CPU microcode?
  • None
  • 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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