Re: [Trisquel-users] Hardware Help

[t8mf4nu6lizp]

It will be a hard task because the manufacturers don't give you enough info.  
They use the exact same name for different hardware internally...


If you wish your system to work guaranteedly, there are already assembled  
systems available https://www.gnu.org/links/companies.html

Re: [Trisquel-users] Hardware Help

[darrylps]

What motherboard to you use?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Hardware Help

[nicolasmaia]

You see, Coreboot is a libre project. All of the code they write is under a  
free license. Despite that, most of the boards supported by Coreboot still  
require some proprietary, nonfree programs to boot the system. Libreboot is a  
distro of Coreboot that removes all the proprietary code in Coreboot. So you  
should probably choose Libreboot-supported hardware :)

Re: [Trisquel-users] Hardware Help

[darrylps]

I don't wish to buy an already made system because I have a wonderful case  
I'm ready to use.


pizzaiolo - i'm confused, free version, is coreboot software?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Hardware Help

[nicolasmaia]

I don't know, to be honest. But it's not compatible with Libreboot, sadly.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Hardware Help

[nicolasmaia]

Please note that Coreboot contains proprietary blobs. For a free version of  
Coreboot, I recommend Libreboot:  
http://libreboot.org/docs/hcl/index.html#supported_list

Re: [Trisquel-users] Hardware Help

[nicolasmaia]

For sure! H-node lists a lot of hardware that is compatible with Trisquel,  
you can use that as a reference guide :)

Re: [Trisquel-users] Hardware Help

[darrylps]

So, you can run Trisquel without it?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Hardware Help

[darrylps]

Thank you, that site is helpful but nothing about motherboards.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Hardware Help

[darrylps]

Upon further review, the information on that site and  
http://www.coreboot.org/Supported_Motherboards#Desktops_.2F_Workstations is  
outdated. Please help, I really want to try trisquel and I'm ready to build.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Hardware Help

[darrylps]

Upon further review, the information on that site and  
http://www.coreboot.org/Supported_Motherboards#Desktops_.2F_Workstations is  
outdated. Please help, I really want to try trisquel and I'm ready to build.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Hardware Help

[noordinaryspider]

No, you're not being too cautious. I've never built my own so I have no first  
hand experience, but you can probably find the info you're looking for here:


https://www.h-node.org/

It shouldn't be particularly expensive if you do your research. My Lenovo X60  
cost me $20 on eBay and meets most of my modest needs.