You can run a free OS pretty effortless, but when wanting 100% free software, you have to dig deeper and replace the proprietary BIOS firmware.

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Besides the already mentioned Star Labs and System76, there’s also Insurgo, Nitropad and NovaCustom.

As for an exhaustive list on the matter, unfortunately, I don’t think something like that is out there. Though both Canoeboot (formerly known as Libreboot) and Dasharo do have their own respective lists.

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Canoeboot is more of a sister to libreboot than a replacement

https://libreboot.org/news/canoeboot.html

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Canoeboot is engineered to a high standard, basing off of each Libreboot release, but you should still use Libreboot. Canoeboot is only a proof of concept.

https://libreboot.org/news/policy.html

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Thanks for the correction!

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The starlabs one is actually pretty interesting. Too bad the keyboard is not included in the price and costs extra.

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I just got myself a Clevo NV41MZ, supported by Dasharo! Lets see if this machine would like to boot my damn usb sticks XD

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Hehe :P , consider to keep us updated on how it goes ;) !

Clevo MZ41

Would that be the Clevo model that NovaCustom’s NV41 Series is ‘based’ on?

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Yes, model names, its a NV41MZ. Very rare to find actually and an older model than novacustoms.

So far, the build quality… they saved on material. Keyboard and chassis are very cheap. I wish I could swap in my Thinkpad keyboard, would probably be possible.

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