davetrying to figure out the most modern laptop I can get that doesn't require firmware blobs for gpu and wifi. a lot of laptop manufacturers, even ones that cater to linux people, are now shipping with 12th gen intel core cpus which require gpu firmware blobs. most laptops ship with intel wifi cards but it's not a blocker unless there's no way to swap it out with something else.
I imagine it's still common practice for manufacturers to whitelist only intel wifi cards in their boot firmware. this was the case for my thinkpad x220 (RIP best laptop of the 2010s) but fortunately, even before coreboot was an option, there were hacked versions of the proprietary bios with the whitelist removed.
I can't go back to using x220 era hardware. it's just too old. I need a faster cpu, more ram, and ideally better than 1080p screen resolution.
Brit@dthompson I'm a long-time thinkpad lover that mostly lives a desktop life now but I've been eyeing a Framework laptop for a bit. Not quite ready to jump but there is a lot I like: https://frame.work/
@kingcons the framework is *close* to being what I want, but they have intel wifi and intel xe graphics that require blobs. I wish I could magically fuse the good parts of the framework, the librem 14, and thinkpad.
Andres MorenoPlease let me know where you land with this question. I have a crappy Asus that is starting to be flaky.
I also want to avoid blobs, contemplating the Guix way.