[aklug] Re: thinkpenguin-style laptop but at reasonable price?

From: Christopher Howard <ch.howard@zoho.com>
Date: Mon Sep 28 2015 - 11:09:42 AKDT

It says "that all or most T400 laptops are compatible". No idea if
they mean the whole T400 series or just a T400 model.

On Mon, 28 Sep 2015 10:40:38 -0800
Royce Williams <royce@tycho.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 10:08 AM, Christopher Howard
> <ch.howard@zoho.com> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 28 Sep 2015 09:00:15 -0800
> > "Joshua J. Kugler" <joshua@eeinternet.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I would do research and see if any of the models at Walmart would
> > > be usable with Linux. Not sure if they would be binary-blob-free,
> > > though.
> > >
> > > j
> > >
> >
> > Thanks, though, I think we are going to go with a refurbished
> > ThinkPad T430. Owing to it's former popularity, it has pretty
> > thorough Gnu/Linux driver coverage.
> >
>
> Given repeated Lenovo shenanigans, pick a model supported by the
> libreboot project.
>
> http://www.libreboot.org/docs/hcl/index.html#supported_list
>
> Royce

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