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| '''LinuxBIOS''' is a Free Software project aimed at replacing the proprietary BIOS (firmware) you can find in most of today's computers.
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| It performs just a little bit of hardware initialization and then executes a so-called [[Payloads|payload]], for example a [[Linux]] kernel, [[FILO]], [[GRUB2]], [http://www.openbios.org/ OpenBIOS], [http://www.openbios.org/Open_Firmware Open Firmware], [http://www.openbios.org/SmartFirmware SmartFirmware], [http://www.gnu.org/software/gnufi/ GNUFI] (UEFI), [[Etherboot]], [[ADLO]] (for [[Booting Windows using LinuxBIOS|booting Windows]] and [http://openbsd.org/ OpenBSD]), [[Plan 9]], or [[memtest86]].
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| '''<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">[[Benefits]]</span>''' —
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| <small>There are many reasons for using LinuxBIOS.</small>
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| * 100% Free Software (GPL), no royalties, no license fees!
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| * Fast boot times (3 seconds from power-on to Linux console)
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| * Avoids the need for a slow, buggy, proprietary BIOS
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| * Runs in 32-Bit protected mode almost from the start
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| * Written in C, contains virtually no assembly code
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| * Supports a wide variety of [[Supported Chipsets and Devices|hardware]] and [[payloads]]
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| * Further features: netboot, serial console, remote flashing, ...
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| '''<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">[[Use Cases]]</span>''' —
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| <small>LinuxBIOS can be deployed in a wide range of scenarios.</small>
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| * Standard desktop computers and servers
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| * [[Clusters]], high-performance computing
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| * Embedded solutions, appliances, terminals
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| * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_form_factor Small form factor computers], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_theater_PC Home-theater PCs] (HTPC)
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| * No-moving-parts solutions (ROM chip as "hard drive")
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| * Various non-standard scenarios (e.g. FPGA in Opteron socket)
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| * [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/LinuxBIOS One Laptop per Child] (OLPC / X0)
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| '''About'''<br /><small>Find out more about LinuxBIOS.<hr />[[News]] | [[Press]] | [[History]] | [[Screenshots|Screenshots & Videos]] | [[Contributors]] | [[Sponsors]]</small>
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| '''Developers'''<br /><small>Get involved! Help us make LinuxBIOS better.<hr />[[Development Guidelines]] | [[Developer Manual]] | [http://qa.linuxbios.org/docs/doxygen.php Doxygen] | [http://tracker.linuxbios.org/trac/LinuxBIOS/browser/trunk/LinuxBIOSv2 Browse Source] | [[JTAG/BSDL Guide|JTAG]] | [[EHCI Debug Port]] | [[Distributed and Automated Testsystem|Testsystem]] | [[GSoC]] | [[Ideas]] | [[Superiotool]]</small>
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| '''Status'''<br /><small>Find out whether your hardware is already supported.<hr />[[Supported Motherboards]] | [[Supported Chipsets and Devices|Supported Chipsets & Devices]] | [http://qa.linuxbios.org Build Status] | [[Flashrom#Supported_devices|Flashrom support]] | [[Superiotool#Supported_devices|Superiotool support]]</small>
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| '''Vendors & Products'''<br /><small>Find out in which products LinuxBIOS is used.<hr />[[Products]] | [[Clusters]] | [[Laptop]] | [[Desktops]]</small>
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| '''Getting Started'''<br /><small>Download LinuxBIOS and get started.<hr />[[Download LinuxBIOS|Downloads]] | [[Documentation]] | [[Documentation#How-To.27s|Build Tutorials]] | [[Payloads]] | [[QEMU]] | [[Confirmed working svn revisions|Confirmed Working SVN Revisions]] | [[Buildrom]] | [[Flashrom]] | [[Misc]]</small>
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| '''Support'''<br /><small>Learn how to contact us and find help and support.<hr />[[FAQ]] | [[Mailinglist]] | [[IRC]] | [http://tracker.linuxbios.org/trac/LinuxBIOS/ Issue Tracker] | [[Glossary]] | [[LinuxBIOS Options|LinuxBIOSv2 Options]]</small>
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| [[Image:M57slis4-plcc32.jpg|thumb|Soldered-on PLCC32 BIOS chip on the Gigabyte GA-M57SLI-S4.]]
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| '''<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">[[News]]</span>'''<hr />
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| * '''2007/09/22:''' [[News#2007.2F09.2F22_MSI_MS-7260_now_supported|MSI MS-7260 support]]
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| * '''2007/09/13:''' [[News#2007.2F09.2F13_MSI_MS-6178_now_supported|MSI MS-6178 support]]
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| * '''2007/09/08:''' [[News#2007.2F09.2F08_PC_Engines_ALIX1.C_now_supported|PC Engines ALIX1.C support]]
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| * '''2007/06/14:''' [[News#2007.2F06.2F14_Intel_810_chipset_and_ASUS_MEW-VM_now_supported|Intel 810 & ASUS MEW-VM support]]
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| * '''2007/06/13:''' [[News#2007.2F06.2F13_AMD_DB800_.28Salsa.29_now_supported|AMD DB800 support]]
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| * '''2007/06/07:''' [[News#2007.2F06.2F07_IEI_JUKI-511P_and_ROCKY-512_now_supported|IEI JUKI-511P & ROCKY-512 support]]
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| * '''2007/05/24:''' [[News#2007.2F05.2F24_ASUS_A8N-E_now_supported|ASUS A8N-E support]]
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| '''<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Contact</span>'''<hr />
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| * [[Mailinglist|Mailing list]]: [mailto:linuxbios@linuxbios.org linuxbios@linuxbios.org]
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| * [[IRC]]: '''#linuxbios''' (on [http://www.freenode.net/ irc.freenode.net])
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