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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No the NV41MZ for example has no numpad.

That’s unfortunate.

but it was the only clevo on like all Europes Ebay. Literally shipped it in from Great Britain

Honestly, I haven’t done a lot of business on Ebay. So, I don’t know a lot on how much cheaper you might get devices from there. Though, I wonder if it’s a lot cheaper than say this device.

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Damn good find! Not expensive, about double the price I paid but still very reasonable.

Very funny, they have a Tux bootsplash logo in their Bios??

And the BIOS really is great, I will miss that on Coreboot I guess. But all the necessary features should be there.

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Damn good find! Not expensive, about double the price I paid but still very reasonable.

Oh lol, that’s a considerable difference. Though I suppose the Intel CPUs on your device probably aren’t 12th gen?

they have a Tux bootsplash logo in their Bios??

Who offers that :P ? Did I somehow miss that?

And the BIOS really is great, I will miss that on Coreboot I guess. But all the necessary features should be there.

coreboot FTW!

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