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'''coreboot''' (formerly known as LinuxBIOS) is a Free Software project aimed at replacing the proprietary BIOS (firmware) you can find in most of today's computers. | '''coreboot''' (formerly known as LinuxBIOS) is a Free Software project aimed at replacing the proprietary BIOS (firmware) you can find in most of today's computers. | ||
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 | 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 coreboot|booting Windows]] and [http://openbsd.org/ OpenBSD]), [[Plan 9]], or [[memtest86]]. | ||
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'''<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">[[Benefits]]</span>''' — | '''<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">[[Benefits]]</span>''' — | ||
<small>There are many reasons for using | <small>There are many reasons for using coreboot.</small> | ||
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* 100% Free Software (GPL), no royalties, no license fees! | * 100% Free Software (GPL), no royalties, no license fees! | ||
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'''<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">[[Use Cases]]</span>''' — | '''<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">[[Use Cases]]</span>''' — | ||
<small> | <small>coreboot can be deployed in a wide range of scenarios.</small> | ||
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* Standard desktop computers and servers | * Standard desktop computers and servers | ||
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'''About'''<br /><small>Find out more about | '''About'''<br /><small>Find out more about coreboot.<hr />[[News]] | [[Press]] | [[History]] | [[Screenshots|Screenshots & Videos]] | [[Contributors]] | [[Sponsors]]</small> | ||
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'''Developers'''<br /><small>Get involved! Help us make | '''Developers'''<br /><small>Get involved! Help us make coreboot 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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'''Vendors & Products'''<br /><small>Find out in which products | '''Vendors & Products'''<br /><small>Find out in which products coreboot is used.<hr />[[Products]] | [[Clusters]] | [[Laptop]] | [[Desktops]]</small> | ||
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'''Getting Started'''<br /><small>Download | '''Getting Started'''<br /><small>Download coreboot and get started.<hr />[[Download coreboot|Downloads]] | [[Documentation]] | [[Documentation#How-To.27s|Build Tutorials]] | [[Payloads]] | [[QEMU]] | [[AMD SimNow]] | [[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]] | [[ | '''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]] | [[coreboot Options|corebootv2 Options]]</small> | ||
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coreboot (formerly known as LinuxBIOS) is a Free Software project aimed at replacing the proprietary BIOS (firmware) you can find in most of today's computers. It performs just a little bit of hardware initialization and then executes a so-called payload, for example a Linux kernel, FILO, GRUB2, OpenBIOS, Open Firmware, SmartFirmware, GNUFI (UEFI), Etherboot, ADLO (for booting Windows and OpenBSD), Plan 9, or memtest86.
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