On 28/03/14 05:49, Testosticore Fantastiballs wrote: > Hello, all! > > I'm currently in the market for a laptop/notebook computer on which > to have a fully free installation of Debian GNU/Linux.
Sounds good. > > That's is, I plan to have no proprietary programs whatsoever > installed on it. This doesn't mean that I won't install some > programs which Debian, as per the Debian Free Software Guidelines, > may consider to be "non-free", since I believe there is quite a > number of programs which Debian places in this category but which > still actually meet the Free Software Definintion and are therefore > considered non-proprietary/free software. > > Wi-Fi should work out of the box. The graphics should be free > software-friendly. > > I'm currently eying the Lenovo Thinkpad Edge E130 https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Lenovo_ThinkPad_Edge_E130 http://support.lenovo.com/en_IN/downloads/detail.page?DocID=PD024605 https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Thinkpad/Edge-E130/wheezy > and the Thinkpad Edge E420. http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:E420 http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:E420s http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/Lenovo/thinkpad+edge+e420 > Have any of you had experience with any of these machines or similar > ones? Yes. For your stated objectives you'd do better selecting a laptop that *is* supported by Coreboot (e.g. the venerable T60). Search these lists for a post by Stan on that model Thinkpad. http://www.coreboot.org/Supported_Motherboards#Laptops > > Thanks :) > > Kind regards http://www.tuxmobil.org/ibm.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/5334b7fb.7050...@gmail.com
