Community list of FOSS friendly hardware store pages and references

An evolving list of FOSS friendly hardware store pages and references.

For the SBC store list, go here: Community list of SBC store pages and references - #2 by Ulfnic

Stores

Name Location Range
System76 US, CO Laptops, desktops, mini PCs, servers
Respects your Freedom Program US, MA Full range
The Linux Laptop Company US, MA Acer, Asus, Dell, HP & Lenovo based Linux laptops
Laptop with Linux US, CA Linux laptops and mini PCs
Linux Certified US, CA Linux laptops and desktops
PENGUIN SOLUTIONS US, CA Linux servers, clusters, networking & storage
ThinkPenguin US, NH Full range
Libiquity US, NJ Libreboot Thinkpads and wifi
Emperor Linux US, GA Dell and Lenovo based Linux laptops
pogo US, WA Custom Linux workstations, servers & storage
TuxedoComputers EU, Germany Laptops
VIKINGS EU, Germany Full range including Libreboot Thinkpad laptops
ixsoft EU, Germany Laptops, desktops, mini PCs
Linux Computers EU, Belgium Laptops, desktops, tablets, all-in-one
ubuntushop EU, Belgium Laptops, desktops, mini PCs, all-in-ones, phones
Technoethical EU, Romania Full range
Slimbook EU, Spain Laptops, desktops, mini PCs
Ruggtek EU, Italy High-end ruggedized tablets
JUNO COMPUTERS UK & US, PA Laptops, desktops
Entroware UK Laptops, tablets, mini PCs
Starlabs UK Laptops
Minifree UK Libreboot Thinkpad laptops installed with Linux
MostlyHarmless India Full range
Pine64 China, Shenzhen & Hong Kong Laptops, SBCs, Phones, tinkering tools

References

Name Range
Ubuntu certified Full range
h-node Full range
Wikipedia Wireless chipsets
TuxDigital Wireless models
LinuxGameCast Audio interfaces list
LinuxGameCast Audio interfaces in-depth

Missions

Name Mission
Respects your Freedom Program “The “Respects Your Freedom” certification program encourages the creation and sale of hardware that will do as much as possible to respect your freedom and your privacy, and will ensure that you have control over your device.”
The Linux Laptop Company “We sell to a wide range of clients, ranging from worldwide corporations and educational institutions, all the way to everyday personal Linux desktop users.”
Linux Certified “The mission of LinuxCertified, Inc. is to bring cost-savings of Linux and Open-Source Software to IT infrastructure of today’s organizations.”
PENGUIN SOLUTIONS “Penguin Computing provides customized build-to-order server solutions for enterprises and institutions with special hardware requirements.”
ThinkPenguin “The company’s main objective has been to bring together the products, services, documentation, and support needed for users to confidently utilize free software operating systems.”
Libiquity “Since 2011, we’ve been designing and developing innovative embedded software and firmware systems, looking to make a positive and ethical impact on the technologies that have become so integrated into our lives.”
Emperor Linux “EmperorLinux provides Linux laptops with full hardware support under Linux. Since 1999, we have supplied systems to a wide range of customers, including engineers, physicists, mathematicians, and astronomers at over 50 different government labs and over 200 universities. We have supplied hundreds of corporate clients, as well.”
pogo “Pogo Linux computer workstations are built to order with the all the latest technologies: multiple cores, GPU-acceleration, SSD, and water cooling.”
TuxedoComputers “At TUXEDO Computers you don’t only get individually configurable Linux No‍te‍books und PCs, but also hardware that is perfectly optimized for running Linux!”
Linux Computers “No Microsoft, No Apple, No Google .Your device. Not theirs.”
Technoethical “Technoethical is an online shop that sells hardware compatible with operating systems that fully respect users’ freedom as defined by the GNU Project. We are based in Bucharest, Romania (European Union) and we ship worldwide.”
Ruggtek “Ruggtek’s products cover a wide range of applications, ranging from industrial automation, logistics, transport, public safety, utilities and after-sales services in the field to automotive, finance, etc. Each terminal is distinguished by its different characteristics and different application options.”
JUNO COMPUTERS “We provide laptops and computers for small and medium size businesses pre-installed with Ubuntu (Linux) or Windows 10.”
Minifree “The Ministry of Freedom sells GNU+Linux computers with the Libreboot firmware and Trisquel GNU+Linux operating system preinstalled.”
MostlyHarmless “We help you access hardware solutions that respect you and put you in control. Don’t compromise on your privacy, freedom and opportunity to learn, explore and do things on your own.”
Pine64 “Our goal is to push the envelope and deliver Arm and RISC-V devices that you want to use and develop for. To this end, we actively work with the development community and champion end-user initiatives.”
h-node “The h-node project aims at the construction of a hardware database in order to identify what devices work with a fully free operating system.”

How this post was generated:

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# https://forum.tuxdigital.com/t/community-index-of-foss-hardware-references-and-stores/3570


TableStr=$(cat <<'TableStr__EOF'
Name							Type	Location						Range														Link																						Mission
---								---		---								---															---																							---
System76						Store	US, CO							Laptops, desktops, mini PCs, servers						https://system76.com/
Respects your Freedom Program	Store	US, MA							Full range													https://ryf.fsf.org/products																"The "Respects Your Freedom" certification program encourages the creation and sale of hardware that will do as much as possible to respect your freedom and your privacy, and will ensure that you have control over your device."
The Linux Laptop Company		Store	US, MA							Acer, Asus, Dell, HP & Lenovo based Linux laptops			https://thelinuxlaptop.com/																	"We sell to a wide range of clients, ranging from worldwide corporations and educational institutions, all the way to everyday personal Linux desktop users."
Laptop with Linux				Store	US, CA							Linux laptops and mini PCs									https://laptopwithlinux.com/
Linux Certified					Store	US, CA							Linux laptops and desktops									https://www.linuxcertified.com/																"The mission of LinuxCertified, Inc. is to bring cost-savings of Linux and Open-Source Software to IT infrastructure of today’s organizations."
PENGUIN SOLUTIONS				Store	US, CA							Linux servers, clusters, networking & storage				https://www.penguincomputing.com/															"Penguin Computing provides customized build-to-order server solutions for enterprises and institutions with special hardware requirements."
ThinkPenguin					Store	US, NH							Full range													https://www.thinkpenguin.com/																"The company's main objective has been to bring together the products, services, documentation, and support needed for users to confidently utilize free software operating systems."
Libiquity						Store	US, NJ							Libreboot Thinkpads and wifi								https://shop.libiquity.com/																	"Since 2011, we’ve been designing and developing innovative embedded software and firmware systems, looking to make a positive and ethical impact on the technologies that have become so integrated into our lives."
Emperor Linux					Store	US, GA							Dell and Lenovo based Linux laptops							http://emperorlinux.com/																	"EmperorLinux provides Linux laptops with full hardware support under Linux. Since 1999, we have supplied systems to a wide range of customers, including engineers, physicists, mathematicians, and astronomers at over 50 different government labs and over 200 universities. We have supplied hundreds of corporate clients, as well."
pogo							Store	US, WA							Custom Linux workstations, servers & storage				https://www.pogolinux.com/																	"Pogo Linux computer workstations are built to order with the all the latest technologies: multiple cores, GPU-acceleration, SSD, and water cooling."
TuxedoComputers					Store	EU, Germany						Laptops														https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/															"At TUXEDO Computers you don't only get individually configurable Linux No‍te‍books und PCs, but also hardware that is perfectly optimized for running Linux!"
VIKINGS							Store	EU, Germany						Full range including Libreboot Thinkpad laptops				https://store.vikings.net/
ixsoft							Store	EU, Germany						Laptops, desktops, mini PCs									https://www.ixsoft.de/
Linux Computers					Store	EU, Belgium						Laptops, desktops, tablets, all-in-one						https://www.linuxcomputers.be/																"No Microsoft, No Apple, No Google .Your device. Not theirs."
ubuntushop						Store	EU, Belgium						Laptops, desktops, mini PCs, all-in-ones, phones			https://www.ubuntushop.be/
Technoethical					Store	EU, Romania						Full range													https://tehnoetic.com/																		"Technoethical is an online shop that sells hardware compatible with operating systems that fully respect users' freedom as defined by the GNU Project. We are based in Bucharest, Romania (European Union) and we ship worldwide."
Slimbook						Store	EU, Spain						Laptops, desktops, mini PCs									https://slimbook.es/en/
Ruggtek							Store	EU, Italy						High-end ruggedized tablets 								https://www.ruggtek.com/shops/products/														"Ruggtek’s products cover a wide range of applications, ranging from industrial automation, logistics, transport, public safety, utilities and after-sales services in the field to automotive, finance, etc. Each terminal is distinguished by its different characteristics and different application options."
JUNO COMPUTERS					Store	UK & US, PA						Laptops, desktops											https://junocomputers.com/																	"We provide laptops and computers for small and medium size businesses pre-installed with Ubuntu (Linux) or Windows 10."
Entroware						Store	UK								Laptops, tablets, mini PCs									https://www.entroware.com/store/
Starlabs						Store	UK								Laptops														https://starlabs.systems/
Minifree						Store	UK								Libreboot Thinkpad laptops installed with Linux				https://minifree.org/																		"The Ministry of Freedom sells GNU+Linux computers with the Libreboot firmware and Trisquel GNU+Linux operating system preinstalled."
MostlyHarmless					Store	India							Full range													https://mostlyharmless.io/																	"We help you access hardware solutions that respect you and put you in control. Don't compromise on your privacy, freedom and opportunity to learn, explore and do things on your own."
Pine64							Store	China, Shenzhen & Hong Kong		Laptops, SBCs, Phones, tinkering tools						https://www.pine64.org/																		"Our goal is to push the envelope and deliver Arm and RISC-V devices that you want to use and develop for. To this end, we actively work with the development community and champion end-user initiatives."
Ubuntu certified				Ref		N/A								Full range													https://ubuntu.com/certified
h-node							Ref		N/A								Full range													https://h-node.org/hardware/catalogue/en													"The h-node project aims at the construction of a hardware database in order to identify what devices work with a fully free operating system."
Wikipedia 						Ref		N/A								Wireless chipsets											https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_open-source_wireless_drivers
TuxDigital						Ref		N/A								Wireless models												https://forum.tuxdigital.com/t/community-list-of-wireless-devices-with-foss-firmware/3704
LinuxGameCast					Ref		N/A								Audio interfaces list										https://linuxgamecast.com/linux-compatible-audio-interfaces/
LinuxGameCast					Ref		N/A								Audio interfaces in-depth									https://linuxgamecast.com/2021/12/interfacing-linux-digigram-vx222v2/
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	An evolving list of FOSS friendly hardware store pages and references.

	For the SBC store list, go here: https://forum.tuxdigital.com/t/community-index-of-sbc-store-pages/5722/2

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	Feel free to just to post a link, formatting and all details are purely optional.
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	Product types
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Submitting a FOSS hardware resource:

Feel free to just to post a link, formatting and all details are purely optional.

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Company name (location)
Store / Reference
Product types
https://www.example.com
Mission statement
```
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Here’s another one, from the heart of Europe:

https://www.linuxcomputers.be/ (EU, Belgium)

The description is in Flemish, so i’ll leave it out here.

https://www.ubuntushop.be/index.php/opensource-notebooks/ubuntu-notebooks.html (Belgium, EU)

“No Microsoft, No Apple, No Google .Your device. Not theirs.”

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Entroware from the UK.
Slimbook from Spain.
ixsoft from Germany.

Edit: I forgot Starlabs also from the UK.

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Wifi

Great page on Wikipedia listing wireless compatibility by chipset, free/non-free, kernel integration and more:

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https://junocomputers.com/ (UK, London and US, Philadelphia)

Linux laptops and desktops

“We provide laptops and computers for small and medium size businesses pre-installed with Ubuntu (Linux) or Windows 10.”

Audio Interfaces

Linux Compatible Audio Interfaces – Linux Game Cast (US, Georgia)

Venn Stone of LGC has been testing audio interfaces with Linux. He also has videos of his misadventures: Interfacing Linux – Linux Game Cast

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https://www.ruggtek.com/shops/products/ (EU, Italy)

High end ruggedized tablets (not, technically advanced rugs)

RTL 310 model ships with Ubuntu, Fedora or openSUSE

“Ruggtek’s products cover a wide range of applications, ranging from industrial automation, logistics, transport, public safety, utilities and after-sales services in the field to automotive, finance, etc. Each terminal is distinguished by its different characteristics and different application options.”

https://thelinuxlaptop.com/ (US, Massachusetts)

Acer, Asus, Dell, HP and Lenovo laptops pre-installed with Linux

“We sell to a wide range of clients, ranging from worldwide corporations and educational institutions, all the way to everyday personal Linux desktop users.”

“All of our laptops ship with the latest security fixes, the newest distribution release featuring all of the latest package and software updates.”

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https://minifree.org/ (UK, Essex)

Libreboot Thinkpad laptops installed with Linux

“The Ministry of Freedom sells GNU+Linux computers with the Libreboot firmware and Trisquel GNU+Linux operating system preinstalled.”

https://www.ubuntushop.be/ (Belgium)

Linux laptops, desktops and Volla Ubuntu phones

“Free software notebooks, desktops en servers pre-installed with ubuntu+ family , Linux Mint, Elementary Os or Debian.Other Distro’s on request”

“These notebooks are modular, so other components can be inserted later, such as more RAM memory or larger hard disks.”

https://store.vikings.net/ (Germany)

Linux laptops and other FOSS hardware

Website is down till 1st week of 2022

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https://laptopwithlinux.com/ (Netherlands)

Linux laptops and mini PCs

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https://libiquity.com/ (US, NJ)

Linux laptops (coming soon) and other FOSS hardware

“Since 2011, we’ve been designing and developing innovative embedded software and firmware systems, looking to make a positive and ethical impact on the technologies that have become so integrated into our lives.”

https://www.linuxcertified.com/ (US, CA)

Linux laptops and desktops

“The mission of LinuxCertified, Inc. is to bring cost-savings of Linux and Open-Source Software to IT infrastructure of today’s organizations.”

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http://emperorlinux.com/ (US, GA)

Dell and Lenovo based Linux laptops with some accessories

“EmperorLinux provides Linux laptops with full hardware support under Linux. Since 1999, we have supplied systems to a wide range of customers, including engineers, physicists, mathematicians, and astronomers at over 50 different government labs and over 200 universities. We have supplied hundreds of corporate clients, as well.”

https://www.pogolinux.com/ (US, WA)

High-end custom Linux workstations, servers and storage solutions

“Pogo Linux computer workstations are built to order with the all the latest technologies: multiple cores, GPU-acceleration, SSD, and water cooling.”

https://www.penguincomputing.com/ (US, CA)

Linux servers, clusters, networking components and storage solutions.

“Penguin Computing provides customized build-to-order server solutions for enterprises and institutions with special hardware requirements.”

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MostlyHarmless (India)
Store
Full range
https://mostlyharmless.io/
"We help you access hardware solutions that respect you and put you in control. Don't compromise on your privacy, freedom and opportunity to learn, explore and do things on your own."

Credit: @aryak

Note to anyone coming back to this thread, a table containing all the information from all posts is now in the first post (OP) and will be updated as people post new links.

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