Group: Hardware/Computers/Laptops/Laptops with fatal flaws/Chromebooks

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Brand and Model Type Required and Optional Proprietary “BIOS Replacement” Components Required and Optional Proprietary Components for Peripherals Compatible BIOS Replacements Compatible 100 % Free software distributions Availability
OLPC XO-1 Small notebook
  • VSA (LGPL) cannot be built with free software yet.
  • Internal Wi-Fi card requires non-free firmware.
  • Free BIOS replacement (which one?).
  •  ?
Chromebook Pixel Thin notebook
  • MRC.bin: RAM controller initialization, runs on the main CPU.
  • ME.bin: runs on another CPU, the Management Engine. very hard to replace. Dangerous to have.
  • Optional non-free VGA BIOS (has a free replacement in Coreboot).
  • CPU microcode?
  • None
  • Coreboot with uboot as payload by default.
  •  ?
  • Available new.
  • Available in USA, UK, and probably other countries.
Samsung Series 3 Chromebook Thin notebook
  • Required BL1: proprietary and signed.
  • Wi-Fi needs non-free firmware (issues [1] [2] show it uses the mwifiex_sdio driver), same chip provides Bluetooth probably also requiring non-free firmware.
  • Coreboot?
  • Uboot.
  •  ?
  • Available new…
  • …in which countries?


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