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== Characteristics ==
== Characteristics ==
Libreboot was established as a distribution of [[coreboot]]<ref name="coreboot distributions">{{cite web |title=Distributions |url=https://doc.coreboot.org/distributions.html#libreboot |website=Coreboot |access-date=3 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=3 June 2023 |title=Announcing the Libreboot project |url=https://news.slashdot.org/story/23/04/09/1912225/libreboot-founders-minifree-sells-free-software-laptops-with-libreboot-preinstalled |website=Slashdot}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=3 June 2023 |title=Libreboot 20230319 release announcement |url=https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=58328 |website=OpenNet}}</ref> in 2013,<ref>{{Citation |last1=Sun |first1=Jiming |title=Building coreboot with Intel FSP |date=2015 |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-0070-4_4 |work=Embedded Firmware Solutions: Development Best Practices for the Internet of Things |pages=55–95 |editor-last=Sun |editor-first=Jiming |access-date=2023-05-27 |place=Berkeley, CA |publisher=Apress |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-1-4842-0070-4_4 |isbn=978-1-4842-0070-4 |last2=Jones |first2=Marc |last3=Reinauer |first3=Stefan |last4=Zimmer |first4=Vincent |editor2-last=Jones |editor2-first=Marc |editor3-last=Reinauer |editor3-first=Stefan |editor4-last=Zimmer |editor4-first=Vincent}}</ref> but with some proprietary [[binary blob]]s removed from coreboot.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bärwaldt |first=Erik |date=May 2018 |title=Liberated » Linux Magazine |url=http://www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2018/210/Free-Firmware-with-Libreboot |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210822203232/https://www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2018/210/Free-Firmware-with-Libreboot |archive-date=22 August 2021 |access-date=2021-08-22 |website=[[Linux Magazine]] |language=en-US}}</ref> According to Kyle Rankin writing for [[Linux Journal|''Linux Journal'']] in 2015, Libreboot "greatly simplified and automated" the flashing process, "with a few caveats".<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Rankin |first=Kyle |date=September 28, 2015 |title=Libreboot on an X60, Part I: the Setup |url=https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/libreboot-x60-part-i-setup |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210822203226/https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/libreboot-x60-part-i-setup |archive-date=22 August 2021 |access-date=2021-08-22 |website=[[Linux Journal]]}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Rankin |first=Kyle |date=October 28, 2015 |title=Libreboot on an x60, Part II: the Installation |url=https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/libreboot-x60-part-ii-installation |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210822203221/https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/libreboot-x60-part-ii-installation |archive-date=22 August 2021 |access-date=2021-08-22 |website=[[Linux Journal]]}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vaughan-Nichols |first=Steven J. |date=September 30, 2015 |title=Taurinus X200: Now the most 'Free Software' laptop on the planet |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/a-new-free-software-laptop-arrives/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826133134/https://www.zdnet.com/article/a-new-free-software-laptop-arrives/ |archive-date=26 August 2021 |access-date=2021-09-06 |website=[[ZDNet]] |language=en}}</ref> Supported hardware includes the ThinkPad T400,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Biggs |first=John |date=2017-08-11 |title=The Minifree Libreboot T400 is free as in freedom |url=https://techcrunch.com/2017/08/11/the-minifree-libreboot-t400-is-free-as-in-freedom/ |access-date=2023-05-02 |website=[[TechCrunch]] |language=en-US}}</ref> X60<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> and X200.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rankin |first=Kyle |date=March 6, 2017 |title=Flash ROMs with a Raspberry Pi |url=https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/flash-roms-raspberry-pi |access-date=2023-05-03 |website=[[Linux Journal]]}}</ref>
Libreboot was established as a distribution of [[coreboot]] in 2013,<ref>{{Citation |last1=Sun |first1=Jiming |title=Building coreboot with Intel FSP |date=2015 |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-0070-4_4 |work=Embedded Firmware Solutions: Development Best Practices for the Internet of Things |pages=55–95 |editor-last=Sun |editor-first=Jiming |access-date=2023-05-27 |place=Berkeley, CA |publisher=Apress |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-1-4842-0070-4_4 |isbn=978-1-4842-0070-4 |last2=Jones |first2=Marc |last3=Reinauer |first3=Stefan |last4=Zimmer |first4=Vincent |editor2-last=Jones |editor2-first=Marc |editor3-last=Reinauer |editor3-first=Stefan |editor4-last=Zimmer |editor4-first=Vincent}}</ref> but with some proprietary [[binary blob]]s removed from coreboot.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bärwaldt |first=Erik |date=May 2018 |title=Liberated » Linux Magazine |url=http://www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2018/210/Free-Firmware-with-Libreboot |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210822203232/https://www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2018/210/Free-Firmware-with-Libreboot |archive-date=22 August 2021 |access-date=2021-08-22 |website=[[Linux Magazine]] |language=en-US}}</ref> According to Kyle Rankin writing for [[Linux Journal|''Linux Journal'']] in 2015, Libreboot "greatly simplified and automated" the flashing process, "with a few caveats".<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Rankin |first=Kyle |date=September 28, 2015 |title=Libreboot on an X60, Part I: the Setup |url=https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/libreboot-x60-part-i-setup |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210822203226/https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/libreboot-x60-part-i-setup |archive-date=22 August 2021 |access-date=2021-08-22 |website=[[Linux Journal]]}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Rankin |first=Kyle |date=October 28, 2015 |title=Libreboot on an x60, Part II: the Installation |url=https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/libreboot-x60-part-ii-installation |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210822203221/https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/libreboot-x60-part-ii-installation |archive-date=22 August 2021 |access-date=2021-08-22 |website=[[Linux Journal]]}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vaughan-Nichols |first=Steven J. |date=September 30, 2015 |title=Taurinus X200: Now the most 'Free Software' laptop on the planet |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/a-new-free-software-laptop-arrives/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826133134/https://www.zdnet.com/article/a-new-free-software-laptop-arrives/ |archive-date=26 August 2021 |access-date=2021-09-06 |website=[[ZDNet]] |language=en}}</ref> Supported hardware includes the ThinkPad T400,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Biggs |first=John |date=2017-08-11 |title=The Minifree Libreboot T400 is free as in freedom |url=https://techcrunch.com/2017/08/11/the-minifree-libreboot-t400-is-free-as-in-freedom/ |access-date=2023-05-02 |website=[[TechCrunch]] |language=en-US}}</ref> X60<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> and X200.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rankin |first=Kyle |date=March 6, 2017 |title=Flash ROMs with a Raspberry Pi |url=https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/flash-roms-raspberry-pi |access-date=2023-05-03 |website=[[Linux Journal]]}}</ref>


== See also ==
== See also ==

Revision as of 15:18, 3 June 2023

Libreboot
Original author(s)Leah Rowe
Developer(s)Leah Rowe
Initial release12 December 2013; 10 years ago (2013-12-12)
Stable release20230625 (June 25, 2023; 10 months ago (2023-06-25)) [±][1]
Preview release20240225 (February 25, 2024; 2 months ago (2024-02-25)) [±][2]
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 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 6 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Libreboot - Libreboot news". Libreboot. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  3. ^ "libreboot's COPYING file". notabug.org. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  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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