The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has awarded its Respects Your Freedom (RYF) certification to the Taurinus X200 laptop sold by Libiquity.
This is the first product of Libiquity to achieve RYF certification. The Taurinus X200 has the same architecture and certified software as the Libreboot X200, which was certified in January 2015. The Taurinus X200 can be purchased from Libiquity at https://shop.libiquity.com/product/taurinus-x200.
The Taurinus X200 is a refurbished and updated laptop based on the Lenovo ThinkPad X200, with all of the original low-level firmware and operating system software replaced. It runs the FSF-endorsed Trisquel GNU/Linux operating system and the free software boot system, Libreboot. Perhaps most importantly, all of Intel's Management Engine (ME) firmware and software has been removed from this laptop.
The RYF certification mark means that the product meets the FSF's standards in regard to users' freedom, control over the product, and privacy. The Taurinus X200 comes with the fast and secure Libreboot firmware and the FSF-endorsed Trisquel GNU/Linux operating system. Importantly, Intel's Management Engine (ME) firmware with its applications like AMT (remote out-of-band management/backdoor system, part of "vPro") and PAVP (audio/video DRM) have been removed from this laptop.
The laptop ships within the USA and may be purchased from the Libiquity Store.
(Score: 2) by jmorris on Wednesday September 30 2015, @10:21PM
Tes it is old. I'm typing this on an X200s, the incremental update of the X200 and if Lenovo still made Thinkpads I'd have replaced it already. Still hoping their efforts to reintroduce one succeeds because this sucker is getting long in the tooth.
Yes it would be nice to buy a laptop without blobs and secret bits, but if we have to buy ancient refurb gear to get it, that is pretty hard to justify.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Thursday October 01 2015, @12:42PM
Lenovo does still make Thinkpads, but they're nothing like the older ones made by IBM. I have one of those I still use in my household and it's a lovely machine--first and only computer I ever developed an emotional attachment to. So as old as this machine is, the FSF certification and the pricepoint are attractive to me.
Washington DC delenda est.