Hi, I have the following Librebooted GNU/Linux laptops if people are interested to buy and use it for learning Free (Libre) and Open Source Software, or if you want to use it as your primary system:
Lenovo X200 =========== Intel Core2 CPU P8700 @ 2.53GHz 12.1" 1280x800 screen 8 GB RAM 120 GB SSD Atheros wireless card Libreboot bootloader Lenovo X230 =========== Intel i5-3320M 12.5" 1366x768 screen 8 GB RAM 120 GB SSD Atheros Wireless card Coreboot The price range for the above Lenovo Thinkpads is between ₹20,000-₹25,000. These run Debian, by default, but, you can also run Parabola or other GNU/Linux distributions. The Intel ME is disabled on the models. Lenovo T400 =========== Core 2 Duo P8400 processor @ 2.6 GHz 8 GB RAM 480 GB SSD Intel GMA 4500MHD Graphics 14.1″ 1280×800 LED TFT LCD Gigabit Ethernet Ports: 1x VGA, 3x USB 2.0, 1x Headphone, 1x Microphone, 802.11n Atheros Wireless card (Atheros AR5B95, AR9285 chipset) Libreboot bootloader The expected price for the above T400 laptop is around ₹40,000, as it has a higher storage capacity. In addition, I also have Librebooted routers that you can use to flash its bootloader completely, learn to setup firewalls, mitigate DoS attacks, setup network monitoring, and even build your own complete router OS! Libreboot WNDR3800 (Netgear) Router =================================== 680 MHz MIPS 32-bit CPU (Atheros AR7161 SoC) 16 MiB flash 128 MiB of RAM AR9220 + AR9223 Atheros Wifi chipsets with GNU/Linux drivers LibreCMC (OpenWRT fork) and Libre uboot loader 300 Mbps on WAN port and four internal 1 Gbps LAN port Supports 802.11 b/g/n 2.4 GHz Supports 802.11 a/n 5 GHz Both IPv4 and IPv6 support The expected price is around ₹5000. If you are interested in any of the above privacy aware hardware, please send me an e-mail (and not to the mailing list). Regards, SK -- Shakthi Kannan http://www.shakthimaan.com _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.dgplug.org/listinfo.cgi/users-dgplug.org
