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

Revision as of 11:31, 23 November 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
Chromebook Pixel	Thin notebook	ME.bin: runs inside the Management engine. Very dangerous for security/privacy. signed. The laptop probably won't execute any code on the x86 CPU without it(Intel IVYBRIDGE chipset). 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^[1] Could be avoided by using an USB wifi card that is RYF certified.	Coreboot? Uboot.	?	Available new… …in which countries?

↑ .Issues [1] [2] show it uses the mwifiex_sdio driver, same chip provides Bluetooth probably also requiring non-free firmware.

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-* ME.bin: runs inside the Management engine. Very dangerous for security/privacy. signed. The laptop probably won't execute any code on the x86 CPU without it.
+* ME.bin: runs inside the Management engine. Very dangerous for security/privacy. signed. The laptop probably won't execute any code on the x86 CPU without it(Intel IVYBRIDGE chipset).
 * CPU microcode?
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