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I'm getting more interested in dipping my toes back into linux laptops, partly for privacy and control reasons, and partly because I'm finding it more difficult

I'm getting more interested in dipping my toes back into linux laptops, partly for privacy and control reasons, and partly because I'm finding it more difficult to develop on OS X as I am more frequently using micro services and docker and virtualization. I haven't picked a platform yet though because I would like to see how "free" (libre) I can get for privacy/control reasons, and it's time-consuming to make the right choice - I see a couple Trisquel-related options including a 2006 Gluglug thinkpad (but it appears to be perpetually out of stock), and a "novena" (https://www.crowdsupply.com/kosagi/novena-open-laptop https://www.crowdsupply.com/kosagi/novena-open-laptop) but it looks like that will still have some non-free stuff in it.

neveragain 12y ago
No idea if these guys will ship or not, but this is another option: https://www.crowdsupply.com/purism/librem-laptop https://www.crowdsupply.com/purism/librem-laptop
guylhem 12y ago
That thinkpad is my main computer. You have full control over it - brings back the pleasure to do things. Now that I'm mostly done with my hacks (check http://en.blog.guylhem.net/post/106153399669/how-to-recreate-the-x60-coreboot-fast-distribution http://en.blog.guylhem.net/post/106153399669/how-to-recreate...), I have a spare one to sell. It's the tablet version, with a wacom digitizer (works with xournal) $ systemd-analyze Startup finished in 763ms (kernel) + 579ms (userspace) = 1.343s Email me if you are interested.