Talk Beginner CC BY-SA 4.0

Libreboot -- Free your BIOS today!

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Session Description

This talk introduces Libreboot, a fully free, open-source firmware distribution designed to replace proprietary BIOS/UEFI firmware on supported Intel, AMD, and ARM systems.

Libreboot is a coreboot distribution (coreboot distro), in the same way that Debian is a Linux distribution. Libreboot provides free, open source (libre) boot firmware based on coreboot, replacing proprietary BIOS/UEFI firmware on specific Intel/AMD x86 and ARM based motherboards, including laptop and desktop computers. It initialises the hardware (e.g. memory controller, CPU, peripherals) and starts a bootloader for your operating system (OS). Linux and BSD are well-supported.

Key Takeaways

Understanding of what Libreboot is.

Why use Libreboot?

Why replacing proprietary BIOS/UEFI firmware matters for security, transparency, and freedom?

References

https://libreboot.org/

Session Categories

Introducing a FOSS project or a new version of a popular project

Knowledge Commons (Open Hardware, Open Science, Open Data etc.)

Talk License: CC BY-SA 4.0

Speakers

Kiran S Kunjumon

Technologist | SFLC.in

A Debian Developer and SFLC.in technologist committed to strengthening secure, transparent, and user-controlled technology through Free Software advocacy.

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