Hi all,
an update on where I am at.
Interestingly the easiest way to find a freedom loving computer, is
actually with this laptop
http://www.lemote.com/en/products/Notebook/2010/0310/112.html
Meets all requirements, apparently it is the laptop Richard Stallman uses.
However, while I will likely get one in the future, I am still after a
good desktop machine.
I have come to the conclusion that I won't get a free bios, but I can
select a motherboard that is reported to work well with Coreboot, and
flash it myself.
There are a number of boards that both meet my technical needs, and also
support Coreboot, the problem is that I am still going through the
components to determine what they need. While I do want to support AMD,
it is looking like it will be easier going the Intel path, as the
motherboards that support AMD seem to have more a of a mish-mash of
components.
Anyway, just an update.
I'll let you know how I go, and what compromises I end up making if I
have to make them.
Cheers
Tuxta
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