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The latest non-GeNUine firmware can be found here, originally released on 17 July 2023 as unofficial GNU Boot 20230717, but re-branded on 21 July 2021 to nonGeNUine Boot:
https://av.vimuser.org/notgnuboot/20230717/
Please read the nonGeNUine Boot 20230717 release announcement
This non-GeNUine release is proposed to the GNU project, for use in the GNU Boot releases, but it is not officially sanctioned. It was created by Leah Rowe, leader of the Libreboot project, based directly upon the Libreboot 20230625 release of 25 June 2023; the intent is to help GNU Boot reach parity with current Libreboot releases, so that the two projects can begin to operate in sync (while GNU Boot continues to exclude parts of Libreboot that it finds unacceptable); as of July 16th, 2023, GNU Boot was struggling to get up to speed with Libreboot, so it was decided that the Libreboot project itself would help GNU Boot in whatever way it can.
On that day, GNU Boot's code repository was still based on Libreboot from late 2022, and its website repository was mostly based upon Libreboot from late 2021. This mock nonGeNUine Boot website and release, though unofficial, is validly adherent to GNU Boot policy, and is real. You can use it, today. nonGeNUine Boot policy adheres to the GNU Free System Distribution Guidelines (GNU FSDG), whereas Libreboot adheres to the Binary Blob Reduction Policy, and that is the reason GNU wanted to fork Libreboot. We in Libreboot do not agree with the GNU Boot project, especially since Libreboot already still provides blob-free configurations when possible, on any given mainboard, but no-blob configuration is still the preferred configuration when possible, in Libreboot. Indeed, this nonGeNUine Boot release adds several new mainboards that the real GNU Boot can make use of (Dell Latitude E6400 and 2 RK3399 chromebooks).
GPG signing key
The latest official release is TBD.
NOTE: The signing key below is used by Libreboot, and was used to sign the unofficial nonGeNUine Boot 20230717 release, linked above.
Full key fingerprint: 98CC DDF8 E560 47F4 75C0 44BD D0C6 2464 FA8B 4856
Download the key here: lbkey.asc
nonGeNUine Boot releases are signed using GnuPG.
Git repository
Links to regular release archives are listed on this page.
However, for the absolute most bleeding edge up-to-date version of nonGeNUine Boot, there is a Git repository that you can download from. Go here:
How to download nonGeNUine Boot from Git
HTTPS mirrors
The latest official release is TBD.
NO MIRRORS YET. GNU will no doubt use its FTP infrastructure for this.
RSYNC mirrors
The following rsync mirrors are available publicly:
NO MIRRORS YET. GNU will no doubt use its FTP infrastructure for this.
HTTP mirrors
The latest official release is TBD.
WARNING: these mirrors are non-HTTPS which means that they are unencrypted. Your traffic could be subject to interference by adversaries. Make especially sure to check the GPG signatures, assuming that you have the right key. Of course, you should do this anyway, even if using HTTPS.
NO MIRRORS YET. GNU will no doubt use its FTP infrastructure for this.
FTP mirrors
The latest official release is TBD.
WARNING: FTP is also unencrypted, like HTTP. The same risks are present.
NO MIRRORS YET. GNU will no doubt use its FTP infrastructure for this.