Libreboot
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Two ThinkPad X60 laptops modified to use Libreboot as their firmware
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| Original author(s) | Leah Rowe |
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| Initial release | 12 December 2013 |
| Stable release | 20160902 (September 2, 2016) |
| Repository | notabug |
| Development status | Active |
| Platform | IA-32, x86-64, ARMv7 |
| Type | Firmware |
| License | GPL version 3 |
| Website | libreboot |
Libreboot (formerly known as GNU Libreboot) is a free software project aimed at replacing the proprietary BIOS firmware found in most computers with a libre, 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.
Libreboot is established as a distribution of coreboot without proprietary binary blobs. Libreboot is not a straight fork of coreboot; instead, it is a parallel effort that works closely with and re-bases every so often on the latest coreboot as the upstream supplier, with patches merged upstream whenever possible. In addition to removing proprietary software, libreboot also attempts to make coreboot easy to use by automating the build and installation processes.
The Libreboot project made possible the required modifications for completely libre variants of some ThinkPad, Chromebook, and MacBook laptops as well as desktop and server and workstation motherboards. According to its own documentation, it can work with any Linux distribution that uses kernel mode setting (KMS) for the graphics, while Windows is not supported and its use is discouraged by Libreboot. Support for BSD is largely untested, with some successful reports while booting OpenBSD and NetBSD.
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