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@ -12,25 +12,16 @@ firmware. Help is available
via [\#libreboot](https://web.libera.chat/#libreboot)
on [Libera](https://libera.chat/) IRC.
Libreboot is a [free software](https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html)
project, but can be considered Open Source.
[GNU teaches
us](https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.en.html)
why you should call it *free software* or *libre software*. Free software
matters. [Right to repair](https://vid.puffyan.us/watch?v=Npd_xDuNi9k) matters.
Libreboot uses [coreboot](https://www.coreboot.org/) for
[hardware initialization](https://doc.coreboot.org/getting_started/architecture.html).
However, *coreboot* is notoriously difficult to configure and compile for
non-technical users. coreboot only handles basic hardware initialization before
jumping 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 the user must also configure.
Libreboot solves this problem. It is a *coreboot distribution* with
an [automated build system](docs/build/) that configures and builds
complete *ROM images* for easy installation, with regular releases and
user-friendly documentation.
Libreboot uses [coreboot](https://www.coreboot.org/) for [hardware
initialization](https://doc.coreboot.org/getting_started/architecture.html).
Coreboot is difficult to configure 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
easy installation, and user-friendly documentation is provided.
Libreboot has advanced features like
[encrypted /boot/](docs/gnulinux/encrypted_debian.md) and [GPG support](docs/gnulinux/grub_hardening.html).
@ -41,3 +32,6 @@ has [helped](https://www.gnu.org/education/how-i-fought-to-graduate-without-usin
many people, [including the FSF, the GNU
project](https://www.fsf.org/bulletin/2017/fall/six-months-of-equipment-upgrades-at-the-fsf)
and [GNU project founder, Richard Stallman](https://stallman.org/stallman-computing.html).
Libreboot can be considered Open Source,
[but you should call it Free Software](https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.en.html).