Group: Hardware/History/Laptops Comparison

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== Introduction ==
! Brand and Model
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Nowadays, some laptops are able to run only free software.
! Type
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! Required and Optional Proprietary "BIOS Replacement" Components
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This means that they are not "just" able to run 100% free software distributions: they go way beyond that.
! Required and Optional Proprietary Components for Peripherals
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! Compatible 100% Free software distributions
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What initialises the hardware before loading the operating system (like a fully free distribution) is software.
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! Lemote 8089D
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This software can have many names (BIOS, EFI, UEFI etc...).
| Netbook
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| None
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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.
| None
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== Laptop that can be 100% free ==
* Gnewsense?
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* [[/Freeable_laptops|Laptop that can be 100% free]]
* Parabola?
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== Other laptops ==
! Lemote 8101B
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* [[/Common Laptops| Common laptops]]
| Netbook
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* [[/Laptop requiring some work | Partially free laptops that require some work to be free]]
| None
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* [[/Partially free laptops| Partially free laptops that would be really hard to free]]
| None
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== Incomplete information ==
* Gnewsense
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* [[/Laptop to evaluate | Laptops that needs to be evaluated]]
* Parabola
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== List of pages ==
! Lemote Loongson 3A notebook
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This set of pages talks about laptops.
| Notebook
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Latest revision as of 20:49, 17 March 2023

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

Other laptops

Incomplete information

List of pages

This set of pages talks about laptops.

Hardware/History/Laptops_Comparison has no subpages to list.


(Note that this page does not automatically update; if you add another page under Hardware/, make sure to refresh/purge this page.)


This page was a featured resource in September 2014.



"issue" is not in the list (interest, location, project, school) of allowed values for the "Organized around" property.