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{{Entry
 
{{Entry
|Name=libreboot
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|Name=Libreboot
|Short description=coreboot-libre. coreboot without binary blobs.
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|Short description=coreboot without binary blobs
|Full description=Libreboot is a distribution of coreboot with proprietary blobs removed.
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|Full description='''Libreboot is a distribution of coreboot with proprietary blobs removed.'''
Like coreboot, libreboot is boot firmware intended as a free 'BIOS' replacement for your computer.
 
  
'Libre' means 'liberty'. Libreboot is not a reboot library!
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Like coreboot, Libreboot is a boot firmware intended as a free BIOS/UEFI replacement for your computer.
 
 
Project goals (and differences versus coreboot):
 
 
 
* Coreboot contains blobs (proprietary data/code) and libreboot does not (it intentionally removes them).
 
* Coreboot is hacker-friendly and focusses on software developers, libreboot is user-focussed and attempts to turn coreboot into a distribution, much in the same vein as a GNU/Linux distribution: for example, libreboot distributes GRUB/memtest86+/bucts (and more) and comes with user-focussed documentation and build scripts; libreboot is therefore made more 'user-friendly'.
 
 
 
Libreboot is not a fork of coreboot, despite misconceptions of this fact. Libreboot (downstream supplier) is a parallel effort which works closely with and rebases on the latest coreboot (upstream supplier) every so often.
 
 
 
A 'stable' coreboot:
 
* Coreboot uses the rolling release model (and it is therefore quite volatile; one day when you build coreboot, it may or may not work correctly on your machine).
 
* Libreboot is more conservative (as far as the release model is concerned), focussing instead of 'tested' releases.
 
 
 
On the other hand, coreboot is also conservative in what it accepts (merges) into the main git repository: most of the time, a lot of changes are under review at review.coreboot.org.
 
 
 
Meanwhile, libreboot freely merges specific patches that are desirable, sometimes before they are merged into coreboot's main repository.  
 
 
|Homepage URL=http://libreboot.org/
 
|Homepage URL=http://libreboot.org/
 
|User level=advanced
 
|User level=advanced
|Documentation note=See: docs/index.html
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|VCS checkout command=git clone http://libreboot.org/libreboot.git
|IRC general=https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=libreboot
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|Documentation note=[http://libreboot.org/docs/index.html Documentation]
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|IRC general=irc://chat.freenode.net/libreboot
 
|Related projects=coreboot
 
|Related projects=coreboot
|Keywords=coreboot, libreboot
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|Keywords=coreboot
|Version identifier=5th release
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|Version identifier=6th release (7th beta)
|Version date=2014/06/22
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|Version date=2014/09/11
 
|Version status=stable
 
|Version status=stable
|Version download=http://libreboot.org/release/4/libreboot_src.tar.gz
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|Version download=http://libreboot.org/release/5/prerelease_beta7/libreboot_src.tar.xz
|Version comment=Currently being updated (deblobbing new coreboot release). This one is based on coreboot from around December 2013.
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|Last review by=Calinou
|Last review by=Fchmmr
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|Last review date=2014/09/17
|Last review date=2014/07/12
 
 
|Submitted by=Fchmmr
 
|Submitted by=Fchmmr
 
|Submitted date=2014/05/09
 
|Submitted date=2014/05/09
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{{Project license
 
{{Project license
 
|License=GPLv2
 
|License=GPLv2
|License copyright=Based on coreboot. What coreboot says in README:
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|License copyright=Based on coreboot. What coreboot says in README:C
|License verified by=fchmmr
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|License verified date=2014/05/09
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Copyright and License
|License note=Copyright and License
 
 
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This makes the resulting coreboot images licensed under the GPL, version 2.
 
This makes the resulting coreboot images licensed under the GPL, version 2.
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|License verified by=fchmmr
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|License verified date=2014/05/09
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{{Resource
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|Resource audience=Users
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|Resource kind=Mailing List
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|Resource URL=https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/libreboot
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{{Resource
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|Resource audience=Developers
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|Resource kind=Mailing List
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|Resource URL=https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/libreboot-dev
 
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Revision as of 15:13, 17 September 2014


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Libreboot

https://libreboot.at/
coreboot-libre. coreboot without binary blobs.

Libreboot is a coreboot distribution (distro) with proprietary software removed, intended to be a free (libre) 'BIOS' replacement for your computer.





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20 March 2023




Leaders and contributors

Resources and communication

AudienceResource typeURI
Githttps://libreboot.at/git.html
DeveloperDownloadhttps://libreboot.at/download.html
User, SupportMailing Listhttps://lists.sr.ht/~libreboot/libreboot-devel
DeveloperMailing Listhttps://lists.sr.ht/~libreboot/libreboot-devel
DeveloperVCS Repository Webviewhttps://libreboot.at/git.html


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