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   Leah Rowe is not a Rowebot (libreleah@mas.to)'s status on Saturday, 11-Jan-2025 14:30:26 JST Leah Rowe is not a Rowebot

   FUN FACT: Libreboot was the first coreboot distro, starting in December 2013. It provides free boot firmware, replacing proprietary BIOS/UEFI.

   It's a coreboot distro like Debian is a Linux distro. It provides a fully automated build system (source-based package manager) for compiling upstream sources.

   Other coreboot distros have existed for a few years now.

   https://libreboot.org/other.html

   I've decided to promote them on Libreboot's website, as part of my general desire to promote free boot firmware.

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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Saturday, 11-Jan-2025 19:12:04 JST SuperDicq

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     @libreleah@mas.to You forgot to list GNU Boot. Curious.

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     Leah Rowe is not a Rowebot (libreleah@mas.to)'s status on Sunday, 12-Jan-2025 01:50:26 JST Leah Rowe is not a Rowebot

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     • SuperDicq

     @SuperDicq It says: "Not every distro is listed; only those of high quality, or otherwise of interest, will be listed. Quality over quantity."

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     Taylan (Now 18% More Deranged) (taylan@fedi.feministwiki.org)'s status on Sunday, 12-Jan-2025 02:07:54 JST Taylan (Now 18% More Deranged)

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     • SuperDicq
     @libreleah @SuperDicq I think GNU Boot is of very high interest, since it's the main one that fully follows the FSF/GNU philosophy of software freedom. If I ever use a Coreboot distro, it'll be GNU Boot. If I'm going to be using a non-free one like the deceptively named Libreboot, I may as well just stick with the stock UEFI firmware shipped with a device.