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.
Ian Denhardt@dthompson I think framework still sells refurbs of their 11th gen intel machines (haven't done the research to check how far back the firmware problem goes).
@zenhack I believe 11th gen is also an issue for the gpu and framework uses intel wifi, though maybe they don't prevent swapping an atheros chip in.
@dthompson That's unfortunate (but re: wifi you can just not buy a wifi card and get one elsewhere, yeah).