From 8ef97876e0dcb3a4745da79825954789b38c6350 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Leah Rowe Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2025 13:37:52 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] expand other.md but shorten the intro also mention u-boot, tf-a Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe --- site/other.md | 58 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------- 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-) diff --git a/site/other.md b/site/other.md index 4ccf092..ce8eb3c 100644 --- a/site/other.md +++ b/site/other.md @@ -27,38 +27,11 @@ but most non-technical users should probably use a coreboot distro. It's thanks to the various coreboot distros that many people use coreboot today; without them, many otherwise non-technical users might not use coreboot at all. -Why list other distros? ------------------------ - -Over the years, several other coreboot distros have come and gone. It has been -decided that this page will be written, to document some of them. Not every -distro is listed; only those of high quality, or otherwise of interest, will -be listed. Quality over quantity. - -Canoeboot tries to support as much hardware as possible, and focuses on providing -the easiest possible experience for non-technical users; it's also -highly [configurable](docs/maintain/) for power users. -Several other projects exist that target different kinds of users, and support -different types of hardware; for example, Canoeboot mostly doesn't target -Chromebooks, except for a few. - -Canoeboot's main priority is to provide users with free/opensource boot -firmware, to help more users achieve a higher level -of [software freedom](https://writefreesoftware.org/learn). - -Well, Canoeboot is great but it may be that Canoeeboot isn't for -you; these other projects may support features and mainboards that Canoeboot -doesn't, that you may find preferable. - -We in the Canoeboot project greatly admire and respect the other distros, and -will gladly work with them. - -Without further ado, - List of coreboot distros ======================== -In alphabetical order: +Not all distros are listed; only those of high quality or otherwise of interest; +quality, not quantity. In alphabetical order: Chultrabook ----------- @@ -253,3 +226,30 @@ upstreamed into the regular coreboot project. System76 provides the coreboot firmware, along with EDK2 UEFI payload. It can boot Linux distros, BSD systems and even Windows perfectly. + +Is your distro unlisted? +======================== + +Please get in touch! We'd love to link your project here. + +The coreboot project also maintains its own list of coreboot distros: + + + +Canoeboot maintains its own list, because it is felt that distros should also +link to each other, since many people who find coreboot for the first time may +find it through a distro (such as Canoeboot) and not check coreboot's own +website. We in the Canoeboot project wish to see everyone using free boot +firmware, which was the primary motivation behind this page, in promoting the +various projects. + +Non-coreboot free firmware +========================== + +Several other projects besides coreboot provide free hardware initialisation, +such as [U-Boot](https://www.u-boot.org/) (as own firmware, distinct from U-Boot +as a coreboot payload), [Trusted Firmware](https://www.trustedfirmware.org/) and +so on. + +We would like to list various distros of these too. If you know of a cool +project, please get in touch with the Canoeboot project!