I think there should be a section or guide on choosing a desktop or laptop computer, the advantages and disadvantages of using desktops, and maybe some recommended desktop or laptop computers. Desktops were not designed with security in mind and it’s advised to use a phone as much as possible and on…

Yes, but even if you wanted to run Libreboot, it’s not possible on systems released after 2008. Saying people should buy a new laptop every few years, is bad advice. The comment about ME is also not valid, it’s true there is no backdoor, but that isn’t the reason why you remove ME. Multiple securi…

The reason we don’t recommend hardware is because it changes regularly. We’re also not a hardware review site. Rule of thumb though, would be to go with modern hardware, supporting modern security features, so looking at Windows 11 certification is a good start, even if you’re a Linux user. One o…

I also think everyone should replace their devices every few years whenever they reach EOL instead of waiting as once a device stops receiving updates, it becomes increasingly insecure. Phones, desktops, and laptops are all disposable products and should be treated as such. Right to repair is just …

[image] Daniel Gray: The reason we don’t recommend hardware is because it changes regularly. We’re also not a hardware review site. Then just give some advice for choosing hardware like everything you said, using modern hardware with firmware updates, and maybe why Thinkpads and Libreboot ar…

I think it’s time we implement this, as this has been discussed so many times on this forum. I definitely think we need at least some rules of thumb, or features to look out for, this would be SUPER helpful! This is still a huge hole in the knowledge base. However, this has been addressed for phone…

There is a hardware section in the making . Also see this thread .

instead of a full on reccommendation maybe pg could do some sort of monthly or quarterly spotlight on privacy hardware that could be of use to the community. To @anon82677111 it does seem like discussion around hardware is pretty frequent.

[image] anon29374801: pg could do some sort of monthly or quarterly spotlight on privacy hardware nah, it will end like “This week in privacy”. A dedicated page is better because everyday we see a new open source BIOS firmware and it’s not like there are lots of good hardware out there that i…

[image] jerm: A dedicated page is better I agree it just seemed like from @dngray comment that really isn’t an option.

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Thanks for the referrals, I was able to rediscover these two posts: Linux Laptops? System76? Other options? - #4 by Parish2555 and Laptop für Linux - #3 by exaCORE.

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