Group: Hardware/History/Laptops Comparison
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Nowadays, some laptops are able to run only free software. | 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 | + | 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. | + | 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...). | This software can have many names (BIOS, EFI, UEFI etc...). | ||
− | Free software initialisation code, along with a 100% free operating | + | 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 == | ||
* [[/Freeable_laptops|Laptop that can be 100% free]] | * [[/Freeable_laptops|Laptop that can be 100% free]] | ||
− | == | + | == Other laptops == |
* [[/Common Laptops| Common laptops]] | * [[/Common Laptops| Common laptops]] | ||
− | * [[/Partially free laptops| Partially free laptops]] | + | * [[/Laptop requiring some work | Partially free laptops that require some work to be free]] |
+ | * [[/Partially free laptops| Partially free laptops that would be really hard to free]] | ||
+ | == Incomplete information == | ||
+ | * [[/Laptop to evaluate | Laptops that needs to be evaluated]] | ||
+ | {{featured resource|month=September|year=2014}} | ||
− | + | [[Category:Hardware]] | |
+ | [[Category:Laptops]] |
Revision as of 03:01, 25 April 2015
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
- Common laptops
- Partially free laptops that require some work to be free
- Partially free laptops that would be really hard to free
Incomplete information
This page was a featured resource in September 2014.