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I'm among those who take comfort in the idea of going full FOSS, which I have since I permanently made the switch to openSUSE Linux.
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Unfortunately OpenSuSe does include proprietary software by default. Albeit not many, make sure you are not using them.
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https://en.opensuse.org/Free_and_Open_Source_Software
More on libre GNU/Linux distributions:
https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.en.html
I see other people more or less already updated you on the state of libre hardware so I will merely add some links.
There is a fully libre high end workstation and server platform available (based on IBM's open source POWER architecture). It's very expensive but I think it's totally worth it.
https://www.raptorcs.com/
There are ~10 years old fully libre business notebooks from the ThinkPad series. It is still easy to buy refurbished versions of them. They have new and modern screens (Full HD), keyboards, RAM and HDD. The processor is always the Core 2 Duo, since it was one of the last models, if not the last, not to include IME. Here are two of many sites that sell them:
https://minifree.org/
https://tehnoetic.com/
Note that the second site has some non-fully libre products, even thou all of them come close.
The pi-top is a raspberry pi based notebook. Two things must be taken into account: They are not very powerful, think of them as a very cheap computer; The raspberry Pi requires proprietary initialization code. You might want to replace it by a Banana Pi or Orange Pi.
https://pi-top.com/products/pi-top/
On general guide lines. The Free Software Foundation keeps a list of freedom respecting hardware:
https://www.fsf.org/resources/hw/end...s-your-freedom
Some people think FSF's constraints are rather severe (I don't). The OpenBSD project strives for safety but not for freedom. When is doubt is always useful to check their supported hardware list.