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This page contains a series of potential candidates for a new Long-Term SUpport laptop.

Requirements:

RYF-certifiable

All blobs can be replaced with reasonable effort. The project does not have to start out RYF, but it must be possible to replace RYF-offending components (blobs) in a reasonable timeframe. For example, a VGA BIOS could be replaced with native init, whereas ME firmware cannot. All Intel-based systems are disqualified on this basis.

Sturdy

Won't come apart in the first years of use. It must be built to last.

Long shelf-life

Expected to be manufactured in large quantities, sold for at least 2 years. The idea is that there should be a large number of these systems around for years to come.

Cool factor

Must be attractive enough as a piece of hardware to attract users. It must be more than just a novelty item, and should serve reasoably well as a day-to-day laptop.

15.6" screen candidates

HP Probook 655 G1

Beefiness	CPU	cpufreq	MSRP	NRBSPU
Beefy	A10-5750M	4 x 2.5	$ 1080	1.0
Bacony	A8-5550M	4 x 2.1	$ 810	0.84
Vegetarian	A4-5150M	2 x 2.7	$ 650	0.54

HP ProBook 455 G1

Beefiness	CPU	cpufreq	MSRP	NRBSPU
Bacony	A8-5550M	4 x 2.1	$ 600	0.84
Grinded	A6-5350M	2 x 2.9	$ 540	0.58
Vegetarian	A4-5150M	2 x 2.7	$ 500	0.54

HP 255 G2

Beefiness	CPU	cpufreq	MSRP	NRBSPU
Grinded	A6-5200	4 x 2.0	$ 590	0.80
Vegetarian	A4-5000	4 x 1.5	$ 500	0.60

14.0" screen candidates

HP ProBook 645 G1

Beefiness	CPU	cpufreq	MSRP	NRBSPU
Beefy	A10-5750M	4 x 2.5	$ 1070	1.0
Bacony	A8-5550M	4 x 2.1	$ 800	0.84
Vegetarian	A4-5150M	2 x 2.7	$ 640	0.54

13.3" screen candidates

Samsung Chromebook 2

Beefiness	CPU	cpufreq	MSRP	NRBSPU
Vegetarian	Exynos	8 x ??	$ ???	??

11.6" screen candidates

HP 215 G1

Beefiness	CPU	cpufreq	MSRP	NRBSPU
Grinded	A6-1450	4 x 1.4	$ 470	0.56
Vegetarian	A4-1250	4 x 1.0	$ 400	0.40

HP Chromebook 11

Beefiness	CPU	cpufreq	MSRP	NRBSPU
Vegetarian	ARM!!!	??	$ 300	??

Rating system

Beefiness:

Beefy: Expected to have great performance and responsiveness
Bacony: Expected to have reasonable performance
Grinded: Expected to be usable; possibly outperforms chromebooks
Vegetarian: Expected to be have chromebook-like performance.

(*) NRBSPU is a Normalized Relative BS Performance Unit, which shall be taken to represent a non-scientific relative performance number between CPUs. It's most likely worthless.

Possible issues

Exynos CPUs

These CPUs use a PowerVR graphics core. The specification is closed and there are currently no free drivers for the graphics part.

AMD APUs

The integrated graphics processors in these APUs require non-free microcode to work. It is unclear if the display can function without such microcode.

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 This page contains a series of potential candidates for a new Long-Term SUpport laptop.
-* Requirements:
+== Requirements: ==
-** RYF-certifiable: all blobs can be replaced with reasonable effort
-** Sturdy: Won't come apart in the first years of use
+=== RYF-certifiable ===
-** Long shelf-life: Expected to be manufactured in large quantities, sold for at least 2 yrs
-** Cool factor: Must be attractive enough as a piece of hardware to attract users
+All blobs can be replaced with reasonable effort. The project does not have to start out RYF, but it must be possible to replace RYF-offending components (blobs) in a reasonable timeframe. For example, a VGA BIOS could be replaced with native init, whereas ME firmware cannot. All Intel-based systems are disqualified on this basis.
+=== Sturdy ===
+Won't come apart in the first years of use. It must be built to last.
+=== Long shelf-life ===
+Expected to be manufactured in large quantities, sold for at least 2 years. The idea is that there should be a large number of these systems around for years to come.
+=== Cool factor ===
+Must be attractive enough as a piece of hardware to attract users. It must be more than just a novelty item, and should serve reasoably well as a day-to-day laptop.
 == 15.6" screen candidates ==
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 |- bgcolor="#dddddd"
-| Beffy
+| Beefy
 | A10-5750M
 | 4 x 2.5
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 |- bgcolor="#dddddd"
-| Beffy
+| Beefy
 | A10-5750M
 | 4 x 2.5
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 | $ 640
 | 0.54
+|-
+|}
+== 13.3" screen candidates ==
+=== Samsung Chromebook 2 ===
+{| border="0" style="font-size: smaller"
+|- bgcolor="#6699ff"
+! align="left" | Beefiness
+! align="left" | CPU
+! align="left" | cpufreq
+! align="left" | MSRP
+! align="left" | NRBSPU
+|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
+| Vegetarian
+| Exynos
+| 8 x ??
+| $ ???
+| ??
 |-
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 === HP 215 G1  ===
+{| border="0" style="font-size: smaller"
+|- bgcolor="#6699ff"
+! align="left" | Beefiness
+! align="left" | CPU
+! align="left" | cpufreq
+! align="left" | MSRP
+! align="left" | NRBSPU
+|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
+| Grinded
+| A6-1450
+| 4 x 1.4
+| $ 470
+| 0.56
+|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
+| Vegetarian
+| A4-1250
+| 4 x 1.0
+| $ 400
+| 0.40
+|-
+|}
+=== HP Chromebook 11  ===
+{| border="0" style="font-size: smaller"
+|- bgcolor="#6699ff"
+! align="left" | Beefiness
+! align="left" | CPU
+! align="left" | cpufreq
+! align="left" | MSRP
+! align="left" | NRBSPU
+|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
+| Vegetarian
+| ARM!!!
+| ??
+| $ 300
+| ??
+|-
+|}
+== Rating system ==
+Beefiness:
+* Beefy: Expected to have great performance and responsiveness
+* Bacony: Expected to have reasonable performance
+* Grinded: Expected to be usable; possibly outperforms chromebooks
+* Vegetarian: Expected to be have chromebook-like performance.
 (*) NRBSPU is a Normalized Relative BS Performance Unit, which shall be taken to represent a non-scientific relative performance number between CPUs. It's most likely worthless.
+== Possible issues ==
+=== Exynos CPUs ===
+These CPUs use a PowerVR graphics core. The specification is closed and there are currently no free drivers for the graphics part.
+=== AMD APUs ===
+The integrated graphics processors in these APUs require non-free microcode to work. It is unclear if the display can function without such microcode.