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Topic: About architectures: is x86 the only choice?

X86 is not a libre-friendly standard. Recent i686/x86_64 CPUs mostly have nonfree firmware like Intel IME.

LoongArch is an alternative choice to x86. It is a clean, libre-friendly RISC architecture with good performance.

It has no nonfree firmware shipped by the CPU by default, and the official PMON and UEFI are both libre.