Hi,
I recently purchased an Asus C201 and have flashed libreboot to it. I
would like to express my thanks to everyone involved in the libreboot
development and in particular to Paul Kocialkowski, your work is very
much appreciated.
I am now at the stage of installing an operating system on to the laptop
and have a few questions that I would very much appreciate some help
with before I begin:
1) There was talk approximately six months ago about porting some
libre-linux distributions to this laptop.I have searched online about
this but not found any updated information.Does anyone know if any
progress has been made in this area please?
2) In the absence of any libre-linux distros I intend to install Debian
and have been familiarising myself with the online guide for the C201.
https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Asus/C201
I understand that this involves copying/reusing the original chrome OS
kernel that came with the device or compiling a chromium OS kernel from
source.Is there any risk that either of these kernels contain any of
Google’s privacy invading/tracking software?
3) I suspect that it is preferable to build the chromium OS kernel from
source.I have seen a suggestion that it would be sensible to remove the
binary blobs from the source before compiling .Could anyone please
provide guidance on what to remove and how to remove it?
Kind regards,
Mike
