On 19/05/2021 15:06, Celejar wrote:
On Wed, 19 May 2021 09:39:06 +0200
<to...@tuxteam.de> wrote:
On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 04:01:41PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
Hi !
I've had good experiences with HP EliteBook.
I'm not sure what you mean by Linux support.
The "linux support" George is talking about is just a tad...
stronger :)
Both Purism and System76 come with pre-installed GNU/linux.
Here, the manufacturer is committed to get everything working.
Both, as far as I know, come even with Coreboot, i.e. a free
BIOS (which nowadays is quite a thing).
They are a bit more expensive, but whenever one can afford them,
Or perhaps more than a bit more ;) I see that the Librem 14 version 1
starts at $1470, for an i7 10710U, 8GB RAM, 250GB SSD, 14" 1920x1080
screen, no WLAN. I'm pretty sure you can do a whole lot better than
that from the standard brands.
It become a bit better if you throw in some more hardware at order page.
At ~$1800 it becomes a beefy machine. I guess I get a better offer from
other brands, but without a vendor support for coreboot. I still can't
get over my old PC, where UEFI code did 'ping home' on each boot (with
ethernet/DCHP attached), and offered an option to post to the twitter
every time PC booting. (ASRock if you want to known the name).
the better alternative from the POV of free software (you
support companies supporting free software, after all).
Hey, if money is no object, and you want to go all the way down this
route, you should consider the Blackbird (although I don't think they
make laptops):
https://www.osnews.com/story/133093/review-blackbird-secure-desktop-a-fully-open-source-modern-power9-workstation-without-any-proprietary-code/
Celejar
Thank you for the name in the list. Unfortunately, this time I need
something portable with a battery, and they have only workstations.
