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<title>ASUS Chromebook C201</title>
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<h1 id="pagetop">ASUS Chromebook C201</h1>
<p>
This is a chromebook, using the Rockchip RK3288 chipset. It uses
an ARM CPU, and has free EC firmware (unlike some other laptops).
More RK3288-based laptops will be added to libreboot at a later date.
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NOTE: This board is unsupported in libreboot 20150518.
To use it in libreboot, for now, you must build for it
from source using the libreboot git repository.
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More info will be added later.
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Flashing instructions can be found at <a href="../install/index.html#flashrom">../install/index.html#flashrom</a>
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<a href="index.html">Back to previous index</a>.
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<h1 id="thescrew">The screw</h1>
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It's next to the flash chip. Unscrew it, and the flash chip is read-write. Screw it back in, and the flash chip is read-only.
It's called the screw.
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<h1 id="ec">EC firmware</h1>
<p>
It's free software. Google provides the source. Build scripts will be added later, with EC sources
provided in libreboot, and builds of the EC firmware.
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<h1 id="depthcharge">Depthcharge</h1>
<p>
These systems do not use the GRUB payload. Instead, they use a payload called depthcharge,
which is common on Chromebooks.
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<h1 id="issues">Issues</h1>
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Non-free drivers needed in linux kernel for video acceleration;
it's possible to use it without video acceleration.
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Non-free drivers needed for built-in (soldered) wifi; it's possible
to use an external USB wifi dongle. Check <a href="index.html#recommended_wifi">index.html#recommended_wifi</a>.
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<p>
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 ChromeOS with Debian or Fedora. No FSF-endorsed distribution is available yet, but Guix and Trisquel might be easy
enough to port.
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If you go with Debian, make sure to <b><i>not</i></b> enable the <i>non-free</i> and <i>contrib</i> repositories.
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If you go with Fedora, make sure to <i>delete</i> Linux and replace it with Linux-libre.
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Copyright © 2015 Francis Rowe <info@gluglug.org.uk><br/>
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