Does Inatux's hardware require nonfree software?
If yes, then we should remove Inatux from the list of vendors in the
Documentation. Also, how do we know that their hardware requires nonfree
software (if this is so).
http://inatux.com/ lists two computers. Both have AMD APUs with
integrated Radeon GPUs, which work either showing a black screen and
hanging the system (if KMS is enabled), or with the vesa driver which
probably doesn't support the native resolution of the screen (necessary
for wide or LCD
if the wifi requires non-free software thats not a good thing
not too hard to replace with a libre wifi card but still
there a quite a few people (like myself about 6 months ago)
that would just install the non-free wifi blob
the GPU is not as big a problem as it will still run but only
without
Has anyone bought from InaTux? They sell desktop PCs with a free BIOS, and
the hardware is free software compatible.
http://inatux.com/?gnu
from the inatux page:
We can build systems with Coreboot as the BIOS, but there will be some
limitations
they can flash coreboot but coreboot by default contains some non-free blobs
so it might not be a fully free bios
it would still be better than the completely non-free bios
that comes
See any post about AMD GPUs on this forum. Their computers are not
free software compatible and their BIOS is not free.
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Um. IdaTux is linked on the FSF website, so they are free software
compatbile.
I tried getting one of those last year for my AMD FX-8350, but they were
either out of stock and if they were in stock, horribly outdated and around
the same price as newer models that had more features.
AMD (or ATI) cards are compatible, sure, but they're crap. You won't get
any 3-D acceleration with them, in particular.
I do wonder what kinds of CPUs they ship, though. If the Intel CPUs are
somewhat recent, the AMD card added in would make the system worse, because
the Intel integrated
It's listed at https://www.gnu.org/links/companies.html next to a seller
of laptops with Intel wifi requiring blobs. I already reported these
bugs to GNU Webmasters several months ago.
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riddled
I know the decision of buying a PC is taunting when it comes to buy what Fits
your need and desired.
Myself and Magic Banana do recommend to purchase from the Think Penguin web
site. If you find assembling a PC from scratch difficult. Myself, Ill build
my one. Not only I would
the motherboard like most motherboards would use a non-free bios
if you want a free bios theirs a list of supported motherboards here:
http://www.libreboot.org/docs/hcl/index.html#supported_list
but they will be older and wont support a i7 at least yet
if you don’t mind a non-free bios
the
I did write a long answer but the page here changed to a Accessed denied
and everything got lost. Here is a shorter version.
Product specifications.
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/SABERTOOTH_Z97_MARK_2/specifications/
I know that Asus Z97I Plus works except wifi and bluetooth. Displayport,
When I'll make my new pc I'll not only take hardware compatible with
trisquel, but also a coreboot or libreboot compatible motherboard :
http://www.coreboot.org/Supported_Motherboards
Thanks everybody for the advice. This was going to be my first build, and I
already see that I am in way over my head, with back doors that enforce DRM,
and everything. Luckily I haven't spent the money on anything. I have
decided to keep saving my money and buy from Think Penquin,
riddled
Most of the time, all ASUS motherboards will allowed you install other OSI's
without issues. I have 4 different MODEL Asus Boards, all 1155 socket boards
that allowed you in the bios, to disable the OSI preference and are friendly
to other type of gnu/Linux OSI'S. I use Trisquel
sorry i meant a pci gpu
the computers at thinkpenguin
work perfectly with libre software
but still have a non-free bios
so there much much better than most pc
but still not perfect
if you want a computer with a completely libre bios
look here:
http://shop.gluglug.org.uk/
i have one of the netbooks
and they are very
I am looking to build my first computer. I am concerned about freedom and I
want to run trisquel on it. I want to use an Intel i7 processer and I want
32 gb of ram (will have some virtual machines). I am concerned about the
motherboard and whether it is compatible with Trisquel or not.
I hope not. But I will hang around a little longer to be sure on the forums
to be sure.
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