<div dir="auto"><div>Have you heard of the Purism Librem devices/laptops/phones? They're specifically built with freedom, privacy, and ownership principles in mind. Also I see dedicated keys and hardware switches. Here is one of their laptops: <br></div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://puri.sm/products/librem-15/">https://puri.sm/products/librem-15/</a><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Included Linux based OS:</div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://pureos.net">https://pureos.net</a><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">BTW, are all Lenovo products out of consideration? If it is because of country of manufacture (China)...it's going to be hard to avoid tech products that have no connections to that country all.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Although owned by Lenovo, IME the business class Thinkpad T and X series is still pretty true to its IBM roots.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Coreboot is available for the X230 per links at end of this page:</div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://www.coreboot.org/users.html">https://www.coreboot.org/users.html</a><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Also:<a href="https://libreboot.org/docs/hardware/">https://libreboot.org/docs/hardware/</a></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">If you want a tablet type laptop, look into the Fujitsu T902. It can handle 16 gb ram and 2x 2.5" SSD (if you replace the optical drive).</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr">On Fri, Feb 15, 2019, 13:26 Brian Wood <<a href="mailto:woodbrian77@gmail.com">woodbrian77@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Shalom<div><br></div><div>I'm looking for a new laptop. I agree with those on this page</div><div>that want home, end, page up and page down keys:</div><div><a href="https://www.dell.com/community/Laptops-General-Read-Only/Lack-of-PgUp-PgDown-Home-End-keys-PAIN/td-p/5018484" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.dell.com/community/Laptops-General-Read-Only/Lack-of-PgUp-PgDown-Home-End-keys-PAIN/td-p/5018484</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>I don't want a Lenovo. I want at least 6G of ram and 256 ssd. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Brian</div><div>Ebenezer Enterprises - Enjoying programming again.</div><div><a href="https://github.com/Ebenezer-group/onwards/graphs/traffic" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://github.com/Ebenezer-group/onwards/graphs/traffic</a><br></div></div></div></div>
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