Create and maintain a page on FSCI website for laptops and phones which can run fully free software
Ravi Dwivedi
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Last date to comment: 19-March-2021
Maintain a page on FSCI website listing laptops and phones which can run fully free software. That would raise awareness among people on which laptops/phones respect their freedom.
Criteria: Hardware should be able to run a Free/Libre operating system without any proprietary blobs. Devices should also preferably have a free system firmware - like coreboot or libreboot with hardware backdoors disabled if present like the Intel ME backdoor.
List of mobile phones:
Librem 5 by Purism https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/
Laptops:
Librem laptops by Purism https://puri.sm/
LibreTech laptops from Mostly Harmless https://libretech.shop/
Technoethical (T400 https://tehnoetic.com/TET-T400 , T400s https://tehnoetic.com/TET-T400s , T500 https://tehnoetic.com/TET-T500, X200 https://tehnoetic.com/TET-X200 , X200s https://tehnoetic.com/TET-X200s)
Vikings X200 https://store.vikings.net/libre-friendly-hardware/x200-ryf-certfied
Taurinus X200 https://shop.libiquity.com/product/taurinus-x200
Honorable Mentions:
Pinephone https://www.pine64.org/pinephone/ - Can run GNU/Linux distro.
Gitlab issue is here https://gitlab.com/fsci/fsci.gitlab.io/-/issues/11
Ravi Dwivedi Wed 17 Mar 2021 4:09PM
In my opinion, we can publish this. And we can add more devices to the list later anytime when we know about them. What do you think? Let's add the last date to comment as: 19 March.
Akhil Thu 18 Mar 2021 1:15PM
Just noticed this. Is the criteria - run a fsf certified distro wtihout pain ?
If yes, then remove Star LabTop Mk IV from the list. Requires proprietary firmware for connectivity and updated proprietary firmware for storage controller. There may be more proprietary firmware involved.
Ravi Dwivedi Thu 18 Mar 2021 2:03PM
Sorry that we did not add a clear criteria. Can you please suggest a criteria? And then tell us which laptops/mobiles come under that criteria?
Akhil Thu 18 Mar 2021 2:27PM
Since it's FSCI, we should be recommending hardware able to run a Free/Libre OS without any proprietary blobs. Devices should also preferably have a free system firmware - like coreboot or libreboot with hardware backdoors disabled if present.
In the list above, Star LabTop Mk IV does not satisfy this criterion, the others do.
Ravi Dwivedi Thu 18 Mar 2021 5:09PM
Thanks. I updated the criteria and removed Star LabTop.
mujeebcpy Fri 19 Mar 2021 7:46AM
it is good. i have another suggestion. it is difficult to get a laptop which supports wifi or other drivers. (including proprietary drivers) so an initiative to list gnulinux supported devices will be good. including printers
Abraham Raji · Wed 17 Mar 2021 2:12PM
What's the progress regarding this?