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