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Taurinus X200 Laptop Now FSF-certified to Respect Your Freedom

Accepted submission by pehjota mailto:pj@pehjota.net at 2015-09-29 21:43:32
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The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has awarded its Respects Your Freedom (RYF) certification [fsf.org] to the Taurinus X200 laptop [libiquity.com] sold by Libiquity. 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 [libreboot.org] and the FSF-endorsed Trisquel GNU/Linux operating system [trisquel.info]. Importantly, Intel's Management Engine (ME) [libreboot.org] 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 [libiquity.com].

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