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@ -8,6 +8,45 @@ In it, I make a strong case in support of membership, and I encourage members
of the public to also voice their opinions about this topic. Therefore, I have of the public to also voice their opinions about this topic. Therefore, I have
publicised this link in several places: publicised this link in several places:
What is Canoeboot?
==================
The *Canoeboot* project provides
[free](https://writefreesoftware.org/learn) (*libre*) boot
firmware based on coreboot, replacing proprietary BIOS/UEFI firmware
on [specific Intel/AMD x86 and ARM based motherboards](docs/hardware/),
including laptop and desktop computers. It initialises the hardware (e.g. memory
controller, CPU, peripherals) and starts a bootloader for your operating
system. [GNU+Linux](../docs/gnulinux/) and [BSD](../docs/bsd/) are well-supported. Help is
available via [\#canoeboot](https://web.libera.chat/#canoeboot)
on [Libera](https://libera.chat/) IRC.
Canoeboot is a *special fork* of LIbreboot, maintained in parallel to it.
Canoeboot adheres to the GNU Free System Distribution Guidelines, ensuring
that everything in the flash is *free software*. Canoeboot *only* supports a
very limited subset of hardware from coreboot (which it uses for initialisation)
due to this policy, but it's provided for the purists who only want free
software.
The right to study, share, modify and use software freely without restrictions
is a fundamental right that everyone *must* have.
The benefit of Canoeboot is that it provides a completely
automated build process and installation procedure, with well-tested builds
released on a regular basis that the user can simply install, with minimal
fuss. You can think of it as a *coreboot distro*. Coreboot provides snapshot
source code archives every few months, but that's it. Canoeboot gives
you the ROM images pre-compiled, with source code, and with payloads
already pre-configured. In other words: Canoeboot makes coreboot
extremely easy to use.
More info about Canoeboot's design can be found in the [build system
documentation](../docs/maintain/).
Thoughts welcome!
=================
I asked this question in various places, where you can comment:
Thread on FSF LibrePlanet mailing list: Thread on FSF LibrePlanet mailing list:
<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2024-05/msg00001.html> <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2024-05/msg00001.html>
@ -21,6 +60,9 @@ ground for many debates within the FSF community):
And reddit: <https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1cqe924/should_canoeboot_become_gnu_canoeboot/> And reddit: <https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1cqe924/should_canoeboot_become_gnu_canoeboot/>
Email sent to GNU Eval
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Here is the email that I sent (replies to it will **not** be published, only Here is the email that I sent (replies to it will **not** be published, only
my original email below will be): my original email below will be):