Which $300 to $500 laptop would be the topmost pick for CoreBoot compatibility?
I need CoreBoot to Just Work as I cannot afford the risk or time for development. So the unit needs solid reliable support. The laptop will boot into Linux if you're wondering but I guess CoreBoot also does Windows.
Can be new or slightly used. I'm happy to buy one or two generations old. Yet it needs HDMI output to drive a second 27-in. screen (as either (a) added pixel space, "Virtual Xdim Ydim" under X11, or (b) just as primary monitor with laptop's screen off). So video might need to be decent. I don't really care about the size of the laptop screen itself.
I prefer AMD and/or Radeon over Intel, but only found one such laptop on the support list. The Pavilion m6 1035dx overheats say the reviews.
I'd like to buy off-the-shelf retail. I'd love a CoreBoot guru to scour the offerings on retail websites (BestBuy, Walmart, the usual suspects). But mail-order warehouse vendors (NewEgg, TigerDirect) are OK. The main need is total CoreBoot compatibility.
As long as I'm here I may as well ask about miniITX too. If the laptop is too problematic then that's another way I can go. What's the most compatible miniITX on the market?
Thanks for everything, CoreBoot!
Dear anonymous,
Am Freitag, den 24.10.2014, 07:59 +0000 schrieb corebootlaptop@yopmail.com:
Which $300 to $500 laptop would be the topmost pick for CoreBoot compatibility?
first, please note that the official spelling of coreboot is all lowercase. (At least never CamelCase.)
I need CoreBoot to Just Work as I cannot afford the risk or time for development. So the unit needs solid reliable support. The laptop will boot into Linux if you're wondering
You need to do a lot more research yourself! A lot depends on your stand towards binary BLOBs [2].
but I guess CoreBoot also does Windows.
It needs to be tested, but (on x86 based systems) it often works.
Can be new or slightly used. I'm happy to buy one or two generations old. Yet it needs HDMI output to drive a second 27-in. screen (as either (a) added pixel space, "Virtual Xdim Ydim" under X11, or (b) just as primary monitor with laptop's screen off). So video might need to be decent. I don't really care about the size of the laptop screen itself.
That’s mostly dependent on the graphics stack in the operating system.
I prefer AMD and/or Radeon over Intel, but only found one such laptop on the support list. The Pavilion m6 1035dx overheats say the reviews.
If you do not want to use BLOBs, you should get an Acer Chromebook 13 using the Nvidia Tegra K1 processor [1]. Note, it is ARM based. The coreboot based firmware does not use any binary BLOBs to my knowledge. But you have to research yourself, how good the free drivers in GNU/Linux are. I heard, that Chromium OS is using the binary driver due to deadlines, but that the free driver should work too.
I'd like to buy off-the-shelf retail. I'd love a CoreBoot guru to scour the offerings on retail websites (BestBuy, Walmart, the usual suspects). But mail-order warehouse vendors (NewEgg, TigerDirect) are OK. The main need is total CoreBoot compatibility.
Sorry, no time for that and it is very blunt to expect that from anyone for free.
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Thanks,
Paul
[1] http://www.cnet.com/products/acer-chromebook-13/ [2] http://www.coreboot.org/Binary_situation
Dear anonymous,
Am Freitag, den 24.10.2014, 07:59 +0000 schrieb corebootlaptop@yopmail.com:
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As long as I'm here I may as well ask about miniITX too. If the laptop is too problematic then that's another way I can go. What's the most compatible miniITX on the market?
I’d recommend the ASRock E350M1 [1][2] although it still has some problems like non-implemented STR (suspend to RAM) support.
The GizmoSphere Gizmo is also a nice board, but even smaller and does not have an HDMI connector though.
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Thanks,
Paul
[1] http://www.asrock.com/mb/amd/e350m1/ [2] http://coreboot.org/Board:asrock/e350m1 [3] http://www.gizmosphere.org/
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