Patch v2 07 preliminary platform driver support for lemote yeeloong laptops from. The lemote yeeloong mini laptop is just one of a range of lemote computers equipped with the energyefficient loongson2 cpu. If using a pen drive then point to thei image on the drive and boot into the rescue. Trisquel full name trisquel gnu linux is a computer operating system, a linux distribution, derived from another distribution, ubuntu. The lemote yeeloong is a small and free softwarefriendly laptop and one of the few available nonx86 and nonarm laptops. It looks fairly expensive and aesthetically unappealing.
Sure, if youre using a lemote yeeloong or novena, its a step down in software freedom, but if youre a foss devotee using practically any other laptop, the librem 15 appears to be a big. Werent we supposed to now be able to buy gnulinux preinstalled laptops that would work instantly with freeopen source software drivers for. I assume a mips processor has enough horsepower to do what needs to be done for many linux users. Henry jensen maintains the slacknfree repository, with connochaetos gnu linux libre packages, so that they can be used on distros that cut nonfree software too much slack.
The lemote s netbooks come with an unspecified gnu linux distribution preloaded, which can be replaced by any other gnu linux distro. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. Prepare either a pen drive or a tftp server with a rescue image. The lemote yeeloong netbooks came out a decade ago and based on the mips loongson 2f processor clocked up to 900mhz, offered up to 1gb of ram, some models featuring an 8gb ssd, and driving the display was a silicon motion controller. I use a thinkpad t400s computer, which has a free initialization program. Before that, i used the lemote yeeloong for several years. The project aims for a fully free software system without proprietary software or firmware and uses a version of ubuntus modified kernel, with the nonfree code binary blobs removed. Again, effort, kernel, lemote, linux, mainline, support, trying, yeeloong the lemote yeeloong netbooks came out a decade ago and based on the mips loongson 2f processor clocked up to 900mhz, offered up to 1gb of ram, some models featuring an 8gb ssd, and driving the display was a silicon motion controller. Trisquel ships 100% free linux kernels, based on linuxlibre from version 2. At the time, it was the only laptop one could buy that could run a free initialization program and a free operating system. Lemote yeeloong my preferred portable computing device is freedom included s lemote yeeloong netbook, running completely free as in freedom software, from the bios up.
A gentoo desktop for the lemote yeeloong, a little endian. Rms uses a mipsbased lemote laptop that has opensource bios software. Synaptic on loonuxlemote yeelong i have a lemote yeeloong 8101b running loonux gnu linux and am trying to install synaptic. The main reason why i migrated from to linux is freedom, is that feel when you read community distribution, thats what i want from and os, and i feel really sad knowing that microsoftmoney can just screw up everything. Lemote project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks read.
The lemote yeeloong is a small and free software friendly laptop and one of the few available nonx86 and nonarm laptops. Its a complicated machine and a lot has changed in the past few years. Lemote yeeloong 8089 mips based notebook repository switch from. The other machine i have with a webcam is my lemote yeeloong not much software runs on a mipsiii class cpu these days. All of the software that runs on it even the bios the software that runs before your operating system loads is open for anyone who would like to improve or replace it. Henry jensen maintains the slacknfree repository, with connochaetos gnu linuxlibre packages, so that they can be used on distros that cut nonfree software too much slack. I recently switched from gnome to xfce for my desktop. Its based on the new loongson 3a cpu, which integrates four 1 ghz gs464 cpu cores. A mips compatible cpu mips following risc principles, if i understood it correctly, like arm, powerpc, sparc do, among others clocked at 797 mhz. Software boosting patches volleyed for cppc cpufreq driver boost.
My lemote yeeloong netbook autographed by richard stallman lemote yeeloong my preferred portable computing device is freedom includeds lemote yeeloong netbook, running completely free as in freedom software, from the bios up. Its modifiable binaries, including those that control the bootup process often called firmware, somewhat like the bios in most computers and wireless card, have corresponding source code that is free software. Osnews had a look at this netbook that sports a chinese mips based cpu, the loongson 2 running at 800mhz. But the lemote yeeloong is the most free laptop that has ever been. A light weight and flexible gnu linux distribution, based on archlinux, but it is totally free software so called as libre version of archlinux the official website of parabola also looks very similar to archlinuxs website. Pmon if netbooting, add an ip address and point to the netboot yeeloong. Broadpwn all your mobiles are belong to us hackaday. Home forums hardware, software and accessories linux compatibility and software lemote yeeloong discussion in linux compatibility and software started by linux lover, jul 17, 2011. Finally in 2019, better mainline linux kernel support is being worked on.
The yeeloong netbook computer is intended to be built on free software. The lemote yeeloong is a small notebook that is often the computer of choice for free software advocates, including richard stallman. Its a great distro, but i definitively will never use opensuse again, nor any open source project that becomes dirt. According to the chinese computer company lemote the yeeloong 8089 is the worlds 1st laptop that exclusively contains free software. The linux domain linux hardware and software insights.
Not only is the lemote yeeloong incompatible with i386, it is part of a larger chinese effort to produce an independent. Stallman does his computing on a lemote yeeloong laptop running gnewsense, a gnu linux distribution composed only of free software. Most gnulinux distributions incorporate nonfree software, such as. How i do my computing richard stallmans personal page. Purism librem 15 linux laptop blends highend hardware. I think system76 has a great chance to step up and support free software by adopting coreboot. Richard stallman, founder of the free software movement and a famous programer, bought a yeeloong and used it for years because at the time, it was the only laptop one could buy that could run a free. Turn on the yeeloong and hit the del key multiple times until you get the firmware promt.
For further specs, check out this pdf i have currently no eta or exact price, but email me and ill send you the information when it. Lemote has announced a new model, the yeeloong 83 loongson 3a notebook. Free software laptops free software foundation working. I have a lemote yeeloong 8101b, and i happened to stumble upon this post and write this reply while using it. As a user and contributor to a gnu linux distribution supporting this device, im often asked about it. I am very new to linux and do not know how to build software packages, and was wondering for best to install synaptic so i can more easily install software. The lemote yeeloong is a lightweight laptop netbook with a 64bit loongson 2f mipscompatible processor. Lemote eeloong 8089 mips based notebook repository switch. I cant seem to find a legitimate, or even semi legitimate place where i could purchase a yeeloong that would ship to the states, and have the. Enter the first noni386, debian gnu linux mini laptop and the first mini laptop that doesnt target children or the general audience, but users students, hobbyists, professionals specifically looking for a linux system. A few netbooks support it, such as the lemote yeeloong. Lemote yeeloong 8089 mips based notebook repository switch. World heritage encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the most. But there arent really any laptops that ship exclusively with this free software bios alternative.
Stallman is one of the first users of the most hackable laptop currently in existence, the lemote yeeloong. Before using such thinkpads, i used the lemote yeeloong for several years. The loongson2 mips lemote yeeloong netbook, osnews, 21th may 2009. Savannah is a central point for development, distribution and maintenance of free software, both gnu and nongnu.
It is celebrated as sporting only hardware that respects your freedom, that is, hardware that will run purely with open source software at every level. They bought a license from mips and made loongson 2 series, which powered commercial products like the lemote yeeloong netbook computer. Venenux gnu linux switched to linuxlibre as of its 0. If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the faq by clicking the link above. The debian yeeloong projects goal is full support for the lemote yeeloong in debian see the todo page about what has been achieved so far and where we are heading the lemote yeeloong is a lightweight laptop netbook with a 64bit loongson 2f mipscompatible. If you want to push the freedom exigence as far as possible, you would also want a coreboot, uboot or pmon bios. Press del repeatedly on startup to enter pmon the yeeloongs bios, and then. The olpc project gave us the first free software laptop, the xo, that has quickly. Lemote yeeloong 8101b the yeeloong netbook computer is intended to be built on free software 4 from the bios upwards, and for this reason is used and recommended by the founder of free software foundation, richard stallman as of september 2008 5 and 23 january 2010. The lemote yeeloong netbooks came out a decade ago and based on the. Debian stretch and later versions of debian will not support mips isa level used on loongson2f based lemote yeeloongs. Before that i used machines that ran completely free gnulinux systems but had. Damian fossi maintains linux libre binaries for gnewsensemips for lemote yeeloong laptops, and for canaima gnu linux. The lemote yeeloong is a small notebook that is often the computer of choice for free software advocates, including richard.
Free software foundation endorses its first laptop. A new effort trying again to mainline linux kernel support for the. Not only is the lemote yeeloong incompatible with i386, it is part of a larger chinese effort to produce an. The package manager of parabola gnu linux is pacman, one of the coolest package manager. It is one of the few possibly the only computers that has no proprietary software or firmware, and for this reason is recommended and used by richard stallman.
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