Group: Hardware/History/Laptops Comparison

Introduction

Nowadays, some laptops are able to run only free software.

This means that they are not "just" able to run 100% free software distributions: they go way beyond that.

What initialises the hardware before loading the operating system (like a fully free distribution) is software.

This software can have many names (BIOS, EFI, UEFI etc...).

Free software initialisation code, along with a 100% free operating system, and peripherals that work with free software can result in a 100% free system on some laptops.

Laptop that can be 100% free

• Laptop that can be 100% free

Other laptops

• Common laptops
• Partially free laptops that require some work to be free
• Partially free laptops that would be really hard to free

Incomplete information

• Laptops that needs to be evaluated

This page was a featured resource in August 2014.