The release of the free boot firmware Libreboot 20241008 has been published, which has the status of an experimental release focused on the development of functionality (stable releases mainly contain fixes and are published approximately once a year, the last stable release was in June). The project develops a ready-made assembly of the Coreboot project, providing a replacement for proprietary UEFI and BIOS firmware responsible for initializing the CPU, memory, peripherals and other hardware components, with the minimization of binary inserts.
Libreboot aims to create a system environment that allows you to do without proprietary software as much as possible, not only at the level of the operating system, but also the firmware that provides booting. Libreboot complements Coreboot with tools to make it easier for end users to use, creating a ready-made distribution that can be used by any user without special skills.
The new version features a shorter code base and a simpler build system — the size of shell scripts used during build has been reduced from 1482 to 1159 lines of code without any loss of functionality. Support for the Sony PlayStation 1 game console has been added, with the firmware using the Open BIOS code from the PCSX Redux project instead of CoreBoot. Support has been added for five Dell Latitude laptop models (E6220, E6320, E6330, E6230, E4300) and three Dell OptiPlex PC models (3050 Micro, 7010 SFF, 9010 SFF). Synchronization with the following 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 in 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 SFF, XE2 SFF, MT and XE2 MT series;
- 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 Latitute 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
