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.

      • alt@lemmy.ml
        1·
        11 个月前

        Thanks, true!

        😉

        The people from Novacustom are very nice.

        Agreed. They definitely are.

    • Pantherina@feddit.de
      2·
      11 个月前

      No the NV41MZ for example has no numpad. Its the compact 14in model which I would always choose for my tasks. Maybe not all, but it was the only clevo on like all Europes Ebay. Literally shipped it in from Great Britain

      • alt@lemmy.ml
        2·
        11 个月前

        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.

        • Pantherina@feddit.de
          2·
          11 个月前

          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.

          • alt@lemmy.ml
            1·
            11 个月前

            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!