ThinkPenguin, Inc has no relationship with Libiquity- nor this laptop as was
stated above. Libiquity is basically a US version of Mini Free. I believe at
the core of the laptop is the same basic laptop that Mini Free sells (or one
of them I should say).
Patrick the proprietor of Libiquity worked a little bit with Francis in
relation to his baby Protein OS. From my understanding ProteinOS is part of
these LibreBoot-based laptops.
It's just coincidence that Patrick lives in NJ. We do know Patrick, but
beyond some never-completed contract work there has never been any real
business relationship. We might have also pointed Patrick to a US source for
these refurbished laptops after we decided not to go down this road.
There are other paths to a free laptop and we'll take one of them eventually.
It's just a matter of time. None of the paths are perfect unfortunately. This
(Libiquity/Mini Free) path involves Lenovo- a truly evil corporation in my
mind I'd rather not support. The other paths though are costly and come
attached with there own set of issues. Francis didn't choose Lenovo though-
he took the road of least resistance. There aren't many good options for
free'ing several year old X86 laptops. You need to have sufficient supplies
and work off that of other peoples (ie coreboot). I believe Francis did more
than just free one of the laptops which ran coreboot. He ported it himself,
but even with that he didn't have a choice on which laptop or company to
build off.
