FSF Certifies Another Batch Of Old Hardware For Respecting Your Freedom

Written by Michael Larabel in Free Software on 7 July 2017 at 04:24 PM EDT. 19 Comments
FREE SOFTWARE
The Free Software Foundation has endorsed fifteen "new" devices under their Respects Your Freedom (RYF) certification.

These new devices though amount to another supplier selling old, refurbished ThinkPad laptops shipping with Libreboot and using the FSF-approved Trisquel Linux distribution. The ThinkPad X200, X200T, X200s, T400, T400s, and T500 are among the models being spun by this company, Technoethical, which is a Romanian-based firm. The X200T is the first "tablet" receiving the FSF RYF blessing.

Pricing on these refurbished laptops from Technoethical are €478~618. The T200 and T400 docking stations were also certified as were some WiFi adapters.

Details on these newly endorsed items by the FSF via today's blog post.
Related News
About The Author
Michael Larabel

Michael Larabel is the principal author of Phoronix.com and founded the site in 2004 with a focus on enriching the Linux hardware experience. Michael has written more than 20,000 articles covering the state of Linux hardware support, Linux performance, graphics drivers, and other topics. Michael is also the lead developer of the Phoronix Test Suite, Phoromatic, and OpenBenchmarking.org automated benchmarking software. He can be followed via Twitter, LinkedIn, or contacted via MichaelLarabel.com.

Popular News This Week