I managed to get Arch, Parabola and Devuan linux installed on the machine. The main problem is that it didn’t have a functional web browser and updates tended to bork the machine. 2017Īt the time, I was focused on exploring what it would mean to have the most free laptop available, and it led to the post: “ Freedom & Limits: The ASUS C201 with libreboot and Parabola Linux.” The net: the machine did not have a reliable way to be free to the level of passing the requirements of the package of “ your-freedom” and still be usable.
In practise, you can (if you do without the video/wifi blobs, and replace ChromeOS with a distribution that respects your freedom) be more free when using one of these laptops.” – ASUS Chromebook C201,. “This is unlike the other current libreboot laptops (Intel based). I was looking for a linux laptop and came across this bit on the ASUS C201 page: Two and half years ago, I came across libreboot.
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