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1 November 2023.
See: [Libreboot 20231101 release announcement](news/libreboot20231101.md).**
Why should you use *Libreboot*?
----------------------------
Libreboot gives you [freedoms](https://writefreesoftware.org/) that
you otherwise can't get with most other boot firmware, plus faster boot speeds
and [better security](docs/linux/grub_hardening.md). It's extremely powerful
and [configurable](docs/maintain/) for many use cases.
*We* believe the freedom to [study, share, modify and use
software](https://writefreesoftware.org/), without any
restriction, is one of the fundamental human rights that everyone must have.
In this context, *software freedom* matters. Your freedom matters. Education
matters.
[Right to repair](https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Npd_xDuNi9k) matters.
Many people use proprietary (non-libre)
boot firmware, even if they use [a libre OS](https://www.openbsd.org/).
[Right to repair](https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Npd_xDuNi9k) matters. All of this
is *why* Libreboot exists.
Why use Libreboot?
==================
Libreboot gives you [freedoms](https://writefreesoftware.org/) that
you otherwise can't get with most other boot firmware, plus faster boot speeds
and [better security](docs/linux/grub_hardening.md). It's extremely powerful
and [configurable](docs/maintain/) for many use cases. If you're unhappy with
the restrictions (not to mention, security issues) imposed on you by proprietary
BIOS vendors, then Libreboot is one possible choice for you. Since it inherits
coreboot, it doesn't have any known backdoors in the code, nor does it contain
legacy cruft from the 1980s. Libreboot provides a sleek, fast boot experience
for Linux/BSD systems, based on coreboot which is regularly audited and improved.
Libreboot is more reliable that proprietary firmware. Many people use proprietary
(non-libre) boot firmware, even if they use [a libre OS](https://www.openbsd.org/).
Proprietary firmware often [contains](faq.html#intel) [backdoors](faq.html#amd),
and can be buggy. The Libreboot project was founded in December 2013, with the
express purpose of making coreboot firmware accessible for non-technical users.
The Libreboot project uses [coreboot](https://www.coreboot.org/) for [hardware
initialisation](https://doc.coreboot.org/getting_started/architecture.html).
Coreboot is notoriously difficult to install for most non-technical users; it
handles only basic initialization and jumps to a separate
[payload](https://doc.coreboot.org/payloads.html) program (e.g.
[GRUB](https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/),
[Tianocore](https://www.tianocore.org/)), which must also be configured.
*Libreboot solves this problem*; it is a *coreboot distribution* with
an [automated build system](docs/build/) that builds complete *ROM images*, for
more robust installation. Documentation is provided.
Libreboot is a community-oriented project, with a focus on helping users escape
proprietary boot firmware; we ourselves want to live in a world where all software
is [free](https://writefreesoftware.org/), and so, Libreboot is an effort to
help get closer to that world. Unlike the big vendors, we don't try to stifle
you in any way, nor do we see you as a security threat; we regard the ability
to use, study, modify and redistribute software freely to be a human right that
everyone must have. Extended to computers, these are products that you purchased,
and so you should have the freedom to change them in any way you like. When you
see Intel talk about their *Boot Guard* (which prevents coreboot by only letting
firmware signed by them be executed) or other vendors imposing similar
restrictions, and you hear them talk about "security", they are only talking
about *their* security, not yours. In the Libreboot project, it is reversed; we
see Intel Boot Guard and similar such technoogies as an attack on your freedom
over your own property (your computer), and so, we make it our mission to help
you [wrest](https://trmm.net/TOCTOU/) back such control.
Overview of Libreboot design
============================
Libreboot provides [coreboot](https://coreboot.org/) for [machine
initialisation](https://doc.coreboot.org/getting_started/architecture.html),
which then jumps to a [payload](https://doc.coreboot.org/payloads.html) in
the boot flash; coreboot works with many programs, but Libreboot specifically
provides SeaBIOS, GNU GRUB and U-Boot as options. Memtest86+ is also provided
in flash, on some mainboards. The payload is the program in flash that provides
the early user interface, for booting an operating system.
This *payload* architecture in coreboot is what specifically sets coreboot
apart, from all other boot firmware. With coreboot-based firmware such as
Libreboot, you can run whatever you want (even a Linux kernel!) from the main
boot flash. Libreboot's focus is to prove sane configurations that work for
the average user, but you have a lot of flexibility in this regard.
Libreboot is specifically a *coreboot distribution*, in the same way that
Debian is a *Linux distribution*. Libreboot makes coreboot easy to use by
non-technical users, by providing a [fully automated build
system](docs/maintain/), [automated build process](docs/build/) and
[user-friendly installation instructions](docs/install/), in addition to
regular binary releases that provide pre-compiled ROM images for installation
on supported hardware.
Libreboot is not a fork of coreboot
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