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<ul>
<li><a href="#thescrew">Flash chip write protection: the screw</a></li>
<li><a href="#googlebastards">Google is bad. We do not endorse them.</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#os">Replace ChromeOS immediately!</a></li>
<li><a href="#videoblobs">Caution: Video acceleration requires a blob. Do not install it. Use software rendering.</a></li>
<li><a href="#wifiblobs">Caution: WiFi acceleration requires a blob. Do not install it. Use a USB dongle.</a></li>
<li><a href="#ec">EC firmware is free software!</a></li>
<li><a href="#microcode">No microcode!</a></li>
- <li><a href="#os">Replace ChromeOS immediately!</a></li>
<li><a href="#depthcharge">Depthcharge payload</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
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</div>
<div class="section">
+ <h1 id="os">Replace ChromeOS immediately!</h1>
+ <p>
+ This laptop comes preinstalled (from the factory) with Google ChromeOS. This is a GNU/Linux distribution, but it's not general purpose
+ and it comes with proprietary software. It's designed for <i><a href="https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve.en.html">SaaSS</a></i>. Libreboot recommends that all users of this laptop replace it with another distribution.
+ </p>
+ <h2>No FSF-endorsed distros available</h2>
+ <p>
+ The FSF has a <a href="https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html">list of distributions</a> that are 100% free software. None of these
+ are confirmed to work on ARM chromebooks yet. Parabola looks hopeful:
+ <a href="https://www.parabola.nu/news/parabola-supports-armv7/">https://www.parabola.nu/news/parabola-supports-armv7/</a>
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ The libreboot project would like to see all FSF-endorsed distro projects port to these laptops. This includes Trisquel, GuixSD and others.
+ And ProteanOS. Maybe even LibreCMC. The more the merrier. We need them, badly.
+ </p>
+ <h2>What can be done meanwhile?</h2>
+ <p>
+ There are some other distributions, which are not freedom-friendly (institutionally speaking), but can be with some tweaking.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ There isn't much choice, but we can recommend these distributions for the time being:
+ </p>
+ <h3>Debian GNU/Linux</h3>
+ <p>
+ The FSF details the problems with Debian:
+ <a href="https://www.gnu.org/distros/common-distros.html#Debian">https://www.gnu.org/distros/common-distros.html#Debian</a>
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ You can actually run Debian without any proprietary software. The default installation comes without any proprietary software,
+ and although the project does have proprietary software, its only in a separate repository which isn't enabled by default.
+ The Debian project has a strict policy of keeping proprietary software out of the main repository, and moving it to a separate repository;
+ this repository is called <i>non-free</i>, with supplementary packages that require it in <i>contrib</i>, also not enabled by default.
+ If you install Debian and replace the kernel with <a href="http://www.fsfla.org/ikiwiki/selibre/linux-libre/">linux-libre</a>,
+ you can be reasonably certain not to install any proprietary software. However, make sure to exercise caution, since this isn't
+ endorsed at all, and mistakes can happen.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ <b>Note that this does not mean Debian is ok! Far from it! Institutionally, Debian is rotten because it distributes proprietary software,
+ even if it's optional and not included by default.</b>
+ </p>
+ <h3>Fedora GNU/Linux</h3>
+ <p>
+ Unlike Debian, Fedora (to the best of our knowledge) only distributes proprietary software in the form of firmware blobs for the Linux kernel.
+ There are repositories for Fedora that contain proprietary software, but none of these are official and have to be added. So just don't add them.
+ Then, delete <i>linux</i> and replace it with <a href="http://www.fsfla.org/ikiwiki/selibre/linux-libre/">linux-libre</a>.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ <b>Note that this does not mean Fedora is ok! Far from it! Institutionally, Fedora is rotten because it distributes proprietary software,
+ even if it's easy to remove.</b>
+ </p>
+ <h3>We need libre distributions to be ported.</h3>
+ <p>
+ As soon as possible, the libreboot project would like to remove mention of Fedora and Debian.
+ We find such distributions ethically repugnant.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ <a href="#pagetop">Back to top of page</a>.
+ </p>
+ </div>
+
+ <div class="section">
<h1 id="videoblobs">Caution: Video acceleration requires a blob. Do not install it. Use software rendering.</h1>
<p>
The lima driver source code for the onboard Mali GPU is not released. The developer withheld it for personal reasons.
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<a href="#pagetop">Back to top of page</a>.
</p>
</div>
-
- <div class="section">
- <h1 id="os">Replace ChromeOS immediately!</h1>
- <p>
- This laptop comes preinstalled (from the factory) with Google ChromeOS. This is a GNU/Linux distribution, but it's not general purpose
- and it comes with proprietary software. It's designed for <i><a href="https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve.en.html">SaaSS</a></i>. Libreboot recommends that all users of this laptop replace it with another distribution.
- </p>
- <h2>No FSF-endorsed distros available</h2>
- <p>
- The FSF has a <a href="https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html">list of distributions</a> that are 100% free software. None of these
- are confirmed to work on ARM chromebooks yet. Parabola looks hopeful:
- <a href="https://www.parabola.nu/news/parabola-supports-armv7/">https://www.parabola.nu/news/parabola-supports-armv7/</a>
- </p>
- <p>
- The libreboot project would like to see all FSF-endorsed distro projects port to these laptops. This includes Trisquel, GuixSD and others.
- And ProteanOS. Maybe even LibreCMC. The more the merrier. We need them, badly.
- </p>
- <h2>What can be done meanwhile?</h2>
- <p>
- There are some other distributions, which are not freedom-friendly (institutionally speaking), but can be with some tweaking.
- </p>
- <p>
- There isn't much choice, but we can recommend these distributions for the time being:
- </p>
- <h3>Debian GNU/Linux</h3>
- <p>
- The FSF details the problems with Debian:
- <a href="https://www.gnu.org/distros/common-distros.html#Debian">https://www.gnu.org/distros/common-distros.html#Debian</a>
- </p>
- <p>
- You can actually run Debian without any proprietary software. The default installation comes without any proprietary software,
- and although the project does have proprietary software, its only in a separate repository which isn't enabled by default.
- The Debian project has a strict policy of keeping proprietary software out of the main repository, and moving it to a separate repository;
- this repository is called <i>non-free</i>, with supplementary packages that require it in <i>contrib</i>, also not enabled by default.
- If you install Debian and replace the kernel with <a href="http://www.fsfla.org/ikiwiki/selibre/linux-libre/">linux-libre</a>,
- you can be reasonably certain not to install any proprietary software. However, make sure to exercise caution, since this isn't
- endorsed at all, and mistakes can happen.
- </p>
- <p>
- <b>Note that this does not mean Debian is ok! Far from it! Institutionally, Debian is rotten because it distributes proprietary software,
- even if it's optional and not included by default.</b>
- </p>
- <h3>Fedora GNU/Linux</h3>
- <p>
- Unlike Debian, Fedora (to the best of our knowledge) only distributes proprietary software in the form of firmware blobs for the Linux kernel.
- There are repositories for Fedora that contain proprietary software, but none of these are official and have to be added. So just don't add them.
- Then, delete <i>linux</i> and replace it with <a href="http://www.fsfla.org/ikiwiki/selibre/linux-libre/">linux-libre</a>.
- </p>
- <p>
- <b>Note that this does not mean Fedora is ok! Far from it! Institutionally, Fedora is rotten because it distributes proprietary software,
- even if it's easy to remove.</b>
- </p>
- <h3>We need libre distributions to be ported.</h3>
- <p>
- As soon as possible, the libreboot project would like to remove mention of Fedora and Debian.
- We find such distributions ethically repugnant.
- </p>
- <p>
- <a href="#pagetop">Back to top of page</a>.
- </p>
- </div>
<div class="section">
<h1 id="depthcharge">Depthcharge payload</h1>