To complete the list of shops that install Libreboot and are specialized in
this one way or another, there's also Zerocat from Berlin/Germany:
http://www.zerocat.org/shop-en.html
Many of the devices, except the X200 tablet and X200s have become kind of
rare these days. At least they aren't
T500/W500/R500 is the "most recent" 15" laptop compatible with Libreboot but
they are still 10 years old, not going to find it new anywhere. Maybe
consider a T530 or T540 with Coreboot? Can put quad-cores in there too, but
either way still going to have to find it used.
In terms of WiFi
Hahaha, dark market used to be the major source of my computing devices and
is the only source now. Indeed the Chinese authorities have been trying hard
to wipe it out. But where there is oppression there is resistance. We shall
finally smash the dictating imperialist regime, like we once
Is free software banned in China nadebula? I minifree/technoethical/vikings
ship everywhere I believe. I only ask because you mentioned dark market.
If you want libreboot you are limited to exactly those devices mentioned on
https://libreboot.org/docs/hardware/ and no others. If you want any of those
devices the next step is how to find them. I imagine finding them locally may
be hard since they are older but there are companies that
Notebooks produced in recent 5 or 6 years can't be librebooted or corebooted,
because of Boot Guard (a permanent anti-feature that prevents users from
modifying the boot firmware), and I don't think the manufacturer's official
pages still show any legacy products.
My community members and
I did not found in Russian shops such models.
I've found these two models in russian webshop:
https://www.dns-shop.ru/catalog/17a892f816404e77/noutbuki/?order=1=none=2=25000-5[65w]=266b[680]=26xe[65f]=264j-264h
But I cannot see exactly model of wifi card:
If you want a 15-inch libreboot (but not coreboot), then ThinkPad T500 may be
good for you. With libreboot installed, the whitelist restriction imposed by
original BIOS is no more, and you can install any Atheros WLAN card (which
doesn't require any non-free firmware). There is a usable
Hello! I use Libreboot and want to buy new notebook for the internet, Icecat
Openshot, Gimp.
But I live in Russia, here we have too tiny choice in tech shops.
Please, what you recommend for libreboot costing about 500 usd?
I heard laptop without 802.11 wifi might be good, cause drivers may
