Re: Debian-friendly laptop
On Wed, 19 May 2021 09:39:06 +0200
<tomas@tuxteam.de> wrote:
> On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 04:01:41PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
> > Hi !
> > I've had good experiences with HP EliteBook.
> > I'm not sure what you mean by Linux support.
>
> The "linux support" George is talking about is just a tad...
> stronger :)
>
> Both Purism and System76 come with pre-installed GNU/linux.
> Here, the manufacturer is committed to get everything working.
>
> Both, as far as I know, come even with Coreboot, i.e. a free
> BIOS (which nowadays is quite a thing).
>
> They are a bit more expensive, but whenever one can afford them,
Or perhaps more than a bit more ;) I see that the Librem 14 version 1
starts at $1470, for an i7 10710U, 8GB RAM, 250GB SSD, 14" 1920x1080
screen, no WLAN. I'm pretty sure you can do a whole lot better than
that from the standard brands.
> the better alternative from the POV of free software (you
> support companies supporting free software, after all).
Hey, if money is no object, and you want to go all the way down this
route, you should consider the Blackbird (although I don't think they
make laptops):
https://www.osnews.com/story/133093/review-blackbird-secure-desktop-a-fully-open-source-modern-power9-workstation-without-any-proprietary-code/
Celejar
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