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

Revision as of 04:25, 30 October 2014

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
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.	The default non-free BIOS can be replaced with Coreboot v4 (warning: complicated procedure)	Trisquel 5.5 and 6.0 ? Parabola ?	Second hand
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. Dangerous to have. 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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 * ME.bin: runs on another CPU, the Management Engine, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Active_Management_Technology very hard to replace and dangerous]
-* VGA ROM: like for X60
 * CPU microcode?
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-* The default Wi-Fi card is from Intel and requires non-free firmware, replace it.
+* The default Wi-Fi card is from Intel and requires non-free firmware, the card can be replaced.
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 * The default non-free BIOS can be replaced with Coreboot v4 (warning: [http://www.coreboot.org/Board:lenovo/x201#Flashing complicated procedure])