Yes it's possible, but not with current CPU from Intel or AMD. Researched this recently after stumbling upon Librem 15: https://www.crowdsupply.com/purism/libr

Yes it's possible, but not with current CPU from Intel or AMD. Researched this recently after stumbling upon Librem 15: https://www.crowdsupply.com/purism/librem-15 https://www.crowdsupply.com/purism/librem-15 Librem 15 sounded too good to be true, and reached the conclusion that it is. Chatted with coreboot devs on IRC and read this article: http://blogs.coreboot.org/blog/2015/02/23/the-truth-about-purism-why-librem-is-not-the-same-as-libre/ http://blogs.coreboot.org/blog/2015/02/23/the-truth-about-pu... Gluglug is probably the best option right now: http://shop.gluglug.org.uk http://shop.gluglug.org.uk Here's an email (March 2015) from Gluglug responding to some of my questions: Hi Duncan, > > 1) Libreboot X200 w/ 8Gb RAM and 120GB SSD is spec'd as CPU P8400 > or higher. Would it be possible to receive a X200 with T9600 > (2.8Ghz) at this price? T9600 isn't available on X200. If you are in the EU, you can send your own X200 for flashing if you like. "Or higher" means that I can send one with any CPU. Most of my X200 laptops (and most of what you will find online) have the P8400. > 2) The X200 page mentions inclusion of ProteanOS. Is this available > now? If not, could you give me a rough estimate of when it will be > available? > There is no ETA, but it will be available some time this year, as a kernel and initramfs file which will go into the libreboot ROM images and be bootable from the GRUB payload. > 3) How does one update libreboot when it's already installed? Is > this something that can be done from within the operating system, > or does one need to open up the computer and flash via beagle board > or similar? > No disassembly or external hardware needed. You can update it in software. > 4) The list of supported hardware on the libreboot website is > limited to older laptops with low display resolutions. Would it be > possible to utilize libreboot on more recent hardware? If not, what > is the limitation? Chipset? It would be amazing to run libreboot > with a more modern CPU...i5, i7, etc. > Those newer Intel systems will likely never be freed, due to the management engine (ME). The ME was removed on GM45 (X200 uses this), but it is a lot harder on later platforms. At present, the plan is to now focus exclusively on AMD and ARM for newer hardware platforms in libreboot.