OK Lenovo, we need to talk

Re:OK Lenovo, we need to talk by kiwijamo on Sunday October 24, 2021 @11:20AM (#28978706)

I think it is quite possible there is few if any binary blobs. I have a Lenovo X1 and everything pretty much works out of the box on base Arch Linux (and Debian before that). I think it also helps that my X1 has Intel graphics, Intel Wi-Fi, etc which has very good support which I know is not a given for others (e.g. Broadcom Wi-Fi, Nvidia graphics, et al). It is easily the best Linux experience I've ever had.

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Re:OK Lenovo, we need to talk by southerntofu on Sunday October 24, 2021 @11:29AM (#28978812)

> I have a Lenovo X1 and everything pretty much works out of the box on base Arch Linux

I'd be curious to know if it actually works well with linux-libre (Linux without the binary blobs). It's apparently not maintained as a distro package but is available on the AUR.

Moreover, I'm still curious if all hardware functions without its own binary blobs. For example, is the networking firmware really free and replaceable, or is the proprietary firmware interoperable with a FLOSS driver? Likewise, is the entire system libreboot-able?

Sorry for nitpicking, i'm just looking for precise answer to a topic that's not widely questioned/debated to my knowledge.

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Re:OK Lenovo, we need to talk by rincebrain on Sunday October 24, 2021 @02:28PM (#28980631)

I believe none of the major wireless NIC vendors these days ship cards that will do anything useful without a nonfree firmware blob, for example.

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Re:OK Lenovo, we need to talk by maccolgan on Sunday October 24, 2021 @09:02PM (#28983470)

If you wanted to use Linux-libre, wouldn't you just use Parabola?

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