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> This laptop is a great piece of hardware. 100% of the hardware is supported by the upstream Linux kernel, including the usual offenders like WiFi and Bluetoot
by AdmiralAsshat 8y ago
> This laptop is a great piece of hardware. 100% of the hardware is supported by the upstream Linux kernel, including the usual offenders like WiFi and Bluetooth. Niche operating systems like 9front and Minix work great, too. Even coreboot works!
If it's a Thinkpad X200 like he says, it could even support Libreboot:
https://libreboot.org/docs/hardware/x200.html https://libreboot.org/docs/hardware/x200.html
- eloy 8y agoYes, but you can also use Coreboot without blobs on this particular machine, so it doesn't really matter. Libreboot is just a Coreboot fork which is only compatible with machines that are usable without blobs. And they deliver the firmware as a blob, for more easy installation, Coreboot is basically a git repo.