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Libreboot
Original author(s)Leah Rowe
Developer(s)Leah Rowe
Initial release12 December 2013; 11 years ago (2013-12-12)
Preview release20241008 (October 8, 2024; 2 months ago (2024-10-08)) [±][1]
Repositorycodeberg.org/libreboot/lbmk
TypeOpen-source firmware
License
Websitelibreboot.org

Libreboot (briefly known as GNU Libreboot) is a free software project based on coreboot, aimed at replacing the proprietary BIOS firmware used by most computers. Libreboot is a lightweight system designed to perform only the minimum number of tasks necessary to load and run a modern 32-bit or 64-bit operating system.

Characteristics

Libreboot was established as a distribution of coreboot[3] in 2013,[4] but with some proprietary binary blobs removed from coreboot.[5] According to Kyle Rankin writing for Linux Journal in 2015, Libreboot "greatly simplified and automated" the flashing process, "with a few caveats".[6][7] On some devices, Libreboot developers have reverse engineered the firmware from Intel and created a utility to create a free firmware that meets the specifications from Intel.[8] Supported hardware includes the ThinkPad T400,[9] X60[6][7] and X200.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Libreboot - Libreboot news". Libreboot. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  2. ^ "libreboot's COPYING file". notabug.org. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Distributions". Coreboot. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  4. ^ Sun, Jiming; Jones, Marc; Reinauer, Stefan; Zimmer, Vincent (2015), Sun, Jiming; Jones, Marc; Reinauer, Stefan; Zimmer, Vincent (eds.), "Building coreboot with Intel FSP", Embedded Firmware Solutions: Development Best Practices for the Internet of Things, Berkeley, CA: Apress, pp. 55–95, doi:10.1007/978-1-4842-0070-4_4, ISBN 978-1-4842-0070-4, retrieved 27 May 2023
  5. ^ Bärwaldt, Erik (May 2018). "Liberated » Linux Magazine". Linux Magazine. Archived from the original on 22 August 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  6. ^ a b Rankin, Kyle (28 September 2015). "Libreboot on an X60, Part I: the Setup". Linux Journal. Archived from the original on 22 August 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  7. ^ a b Rankin, Kyle (28 October 2015). "Libreboot on an x60, Part II: the Installation". Linux Journal. Archived from the original on 22 August 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  8. ^ Vaughan-Nichols, Steven J. (30 September 2015). "Taurinus X200: Now the most 'Free Software' laptop on the planet". ZDNet. Archived from the original on 26 August 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  9. ^ Biggs, John (11 August 2017). "The Minifree Libreboot T400 is free as in freedom". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  10. ^ Rankin, Kyle (6 March 2017). "Flash ROMs with a Raspberry Pi". Linux Journal. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
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