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 beyong that.
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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.
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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 sytem, and peripherals that work with free software can result in a 100% free system on some laptops.
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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.
  
 
== 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]]
  
== Bad for freedom ==
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== Other laptops ==
 
* [[/Common Laptops| Common laptops]]
 
* [[/Common Laptops| Common laptops]]
* [[/Partially free laptops| Partially free laptops]]
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* [[/Laptop requiring some work | Partially free laptops that require some work to be free]]
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* [[/Partially free laptops| Partially free laptops that would be really hard to free]]
  
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== Incomplete information ==
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* [[/Laptop to evaluate | Laptops that needs to be evaluated]]
  
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{{featured resource|month=September|year=2014}}
  
{{featured resource|month=September|year=2014}}
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[[Category:Hardware]]
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[[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

Incomplete information

This page was a featured resource in September 2014.