The release of Libreboot 20241008 has been announced, which is categorized as an experimental release focused on functionality development (stable releases mainly contain fixes and are published approximately once a year; the last stable release was in June). The project develops a ready-to-use build of the Coreboot project, providing a replacement for proprietary UEFI and BIOS firmwares responsible for initializing the CPU, memory, peripheral devices, and other hardware components while minimizing binary blobs.
Libreboot aims to create a system environment that can operate without proprietary software as much as possible, not only at the operating system level but also in the firmware that handles booting. Libreboot complements Coreboot with tools that simplify the process for end-users, forming a ready-to-use distribution that any user without special skills can utilize.
In the new version, efforts have been made to reduce the code base and simplify the build system—the size of the shell scripts used in the build has been reduced from 1482 to 1159 lines of code without loss of functionality. Support for the Sony PlayStation 1 gaming console has been added, using Open BIOS code from the PCSX Redux project instead of CoreBoot. Support has been added for five models of Dell Latitude laptops (E6220, E6320, E6330, E6230, E4300) and three models of Dell OptiPlex PCs (3050 Micro, 7010 SFF, 9010 SFF). Synchronization with code bases has been implemented: Coreboot as of July 29, SeaBIOS — June 24, Flashprog — August 2, GRUB — June 17. U-Boot has been updated to version 2024.07.
Hardware supported by Libreboot:
- Server motherboards:
- ASUS KFSN4-DRE
- ASUS KGPE-D16
- Desktop systems:
- Gigabyte GA-G41M-ES2L;
- Acer G43T-AM3;
- Intel D510MO / D410PT;
- Apple iMac 5,2;
- HP Elite 8200 SFF/MT;
- HP Elite 8300 USDT;
- ASUS KCMA-D8;
- Dell Precision T1650;
- Intel D945GCLF
- Dell OptiPlex 3050 Micro, 7010, 7020, 9010, and 9020 series SFF, XE2 SFF, MT, and XE2 MT;
- Laptops:
- ThinkPad X60 / X60S / X60 Tablet;
- ThinkPad T60;
- Lenovo ThinkPad X200 / X200S / X200 / X220 / X220 eDP / X230 Tablet;
- Lenovo ThinkPad X301;
- Lenovo ThinkPad R400;
- Lenovo ThinkPad T400 / T400S / T420 / T420S / T430 / T440;
- Lenovo ThinkPad T500 / T530;
- Lenovo ThinkPad W530 / W541;
- Lenovo ThinkPad R500;
- HP EliteBook 2560p / 2570p / 2170p / 8470p / Folio 9470m;
- HP EliteBook 820 G2;
- HP Compaq Elite 8300 CMT;
- HP EliteBook 8460p;
- HP EliteBook 8560w;
- Dell Latitude E6400 / E6430;
- Dell Latitude E5420 / E5520 / E5530 / E6520 / E6530 / E6420 / E6220 / E6320 / E6330 / E6230 / E4300;
- Apple MacBook1 and MacBook2;
- ASUS Chromebook Flip C101 (ARM);
- Samsung Chromebook Plus (ARM).
- Gaming Consoles:
- Sony PlayStation 1.
Source: opennet.ru
