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libreboot site new one
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update and optimize the homepage
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title: Free your BIOS today!
libreboot site new one
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Add project announcement Note that the text is a collective work by many people and that I only have written an extremely small part of it. Signed-off-by: Adrien Bourmault <neox@a-lec.org> Signed-off-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo@cyberdimension.org> Acked-by: Adrien Bourmault <neox@a-lec.org> Acked-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo@cyberdimension.org>
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### What is this? ####
website: main page: clarify that GNU Boot is a distribution. At the beginning I tried to describe the GNU Boot project in a single sentence to be as simple as possible for less technical users. But then I ended up having to explain again and again to people that GNU Boot is only a distribution. We probably had this problem for a very long time, as Libreboot also had the same issue, and since we inherited all its code and that we continue its original spirit, we also have the same issue. And I still had to correct people very recently even long after having changed the Savannah project description page and having restructured a bit the build system to look more like packages. So here I see no other option than changing the front page as well, as getting this point across is important, especially when we are looking for contributions, as contributing to a distribution is often easier than contributing to upstream software. Signed-off-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo@cyberdimension.org> Acked-by: Adrien 'neox' Bourmault <neox@gnu.org>
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GNU Boot is a 100% free software project aimed at replacing the
nonfree boot software (like BIOS or UEFI) of computers with free boot
software.
Add project announcement Note that the text is a collective work by many people and that I only have written an extremely small part of it. Signed-off-by: Adrien Bourmault <neox@a-lec.org> Signed-off-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo@cyberdimension.org> Acked-by: Adrien Bourmault <neox@a-lec.org> Acked-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo@cyberdimension.org>
2023-03-16 16:37:32 +01:00
website: main page: clarify that GNU Boot is a distribution. At the beginning I tried to describe the GNU Boot project in a single sentence to be as simple as possible for less technical users. But then I ended up having to explain again and again to people that GNU Boot is only a distribution. We probably had this problem for a very long time, as Libreboot also had the same issue, and since we inherited all its code and that we continue its original spirit, we also have the same issue. And I still had to correct people very recently even long after having changed the Savannah project description page and having restructured a bit the build system to look more like packages. So here I see no other option than changing the front page as well, as getting this point across is important, especially when we are looking for contributions, as contributing to a distribution is often easier than contributing to upstream software. Signed-off-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo@cyberdimension.org> Acked-by: Adrien 'neox' Bourmault <neox@gnu.org>
2024-06-07 15:47:45 +02:00
GNU Boot is only a distribution: it reuses existing software projects
like Coreboot, GRUB, SeaBIOS, etc.
site: move status right after the project description. People probably want to have first a very short description of the project and then its status before knowing the project history. Signed-off-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo@cyberdimension.org> Acked-by: Adrien 'neox' Bourmault <neox@gnu.org>
2023-11-14 19:08:59 +01:00
website: main page: clarify that GNU Boot is a distribution. At the beginning I tried to describe the GNU Boot project in a single sentence to be as simple as possible for less technical users. But then I ended up having to explain again and again to people that GNU Boot is only a distribution. We probably had this problem for a very long time, as Libreboot also had the same issue, and since we inherited all its code and that we continue its original spirit, we also have the same issue. And I still had to correct people very recently even long after having changed the Savannah project description page and having restructured a bit the build system to look more like packages. So here I see no other option than changing the front page as well, as getting this point across is important, especially when we are looking for contributions, as contributing to a distribution is often easier than contributing to upstream software. Signed-off-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo@cyberdimension.org> Acked-by: Adrien 'neox' Bourmault <neox@gnu.org>
2024-06-07 15:47:45 +02:00
So it's not very different from [100% free GNU/Linux
distributions](https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html) like
Trisquel or Guix.
site: move status right after the project description. People probably want to have first a very short description of the project and then its status before knowing the project history. Signed-off-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo@cyberdimension.org> Acked-by: Adrien 'neox' Bourmault <neox@gnu.org>
2023-11-14 19:08:59 +01:00
website: main page: clarify that GNU Boot is a distribution. At the beginning I tried to describe the GNU Boot project in a single sentence to be as simple as possible for less technical users. But then I ended up having to explain again and again to people that GNU Boot is only a distribution. We probably had this problem for a very long time, as Libreboot also had the same issue, and since we inherited all its code and that we continue its original spirit, we also have the same issue. And I still had to correct people very recently even long after having changed the Savannah project description page and having restructured a bit the build system to look more like packages. So here I see no other option than changing the front page as well, as getting this point across is important, especially when we are looking for contributions, as contributing to a distribution is often easier than contributing to upstream software. Signed-off-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo@cyberdimension.org> Acked-by: Adrien 'neox' Bourmault <neox@gnu.org>
2024-06-07 15:47:45 +02:00
Like the other 100% free GNU/Linux distributions its tasks are:
site: move status right after the project description. People probably want to have first a very short description of the project and then its status before knowing the project history. Signed-off-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo@cyberdimension.org> Acked-by: Adrien 'neox' Bourmault <neox@gnu.org>
2023-11-14 19:08:59 +01:00
website: main page: clarify that GNU Boot is a distribution. At the beginning I tried to describe the GNU Boot project in a single sentence to be as simple as possible for less technical users. But then I ended up having to explain again and again to people that GNU Boot is only a distribution. We probably had this problem for a very long time, as Libreboot also had the same issue, and since we inherited all its code and that we continue its original spirit, we also have the same issue. And I still had to correct people very recently even long after having changed the Savannah project description page and having restructured a bit the build system to look more like packages. So here I see no other option than changing the front page as well, as getting this point across is important, especially when we are looking for contributions, as contributing to a distribution is often easier than contributing to upstream software. Signed-off-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo@cyberdimension.org> Acked-by: Adrien 'neox' Bourmault <neox@gnu.org>
2024-06-07 15:47:45 +02:00
* To find and remove nonfree software in projects it reuses.
site: move status right after the project description. People probably want to have first a very short description of the project and then its status before knowing the project history. Signed-off-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo@cyberdimension.org> Acked-by: Adrien 'neox' Bourmault <neox@gnu.org>
2023-11-14 19:08:59 +01:00
website: main page: clarify that GNU Boot is a distribution. At the beginning I tried to describe the GNU Boot project in a single sentence to be as simple as possible for less technical users. But then I ended up having to explain again and again to people that GNU Boot is only a distribution. We probably had this problem for a very long time, as Libreboot also had the same issue, and since we inherited all its code and that we continue its original spirit, we also have the same issue. And I still had to correct people very recently even long after having changed the Savannah project description page and having restructured a bit the build system to look more like packages. So here I see no other option than changing the front page as well, as getting this point across is important, especially when we are looking for contributions, as contributing to a distribution is often easier than contributing to upstream software. Signed-off-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo@cyberdimension.org> Acked-by: Adrien 'neox' Bourmault <neox@gnu.org>
2024-06-07 15:47:45 +02:00
* To build the software and assemble it in something that can be
installed. To test it and to provide installation and upgrade
instructions.
site: move status right after the project description. People probably want to have first a very short description of the project and then its status before knowing the project history. Signed-off-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo@cyberdimension.org> Acked-by: Adrien 'neox' Bourmault <neox@gnu.org>
2023-11-14 19:08:59 +01:00
website: main page: clarify that GNU Boot is a distribution. At the beginning I tried to describe the GNU Boot project in a single sentence to be as simple as possible for less technical users. But then I ended up having to explain again and again to people that GNU Boot is only a distribution. We probably had this problem for a very long time, as Libreboot also had the same issue, and since we inherited all its code and that we continue its original spirit, we also have the same issue. And I still had to correct people very recently even long after having changed the Savannah project description page and having restructured a bit the build system to look more like packages. So here I see no other option than changing the front page as well, as getting this point across is important, especially when we are looking for contributions, as contributing to a distribution is often easier than contributing to upstream software. Signed-off-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo@cyberdimension.org> Acked-by: Adrien 'neox' Bourmault <neox@gnu.org>
2024-06-07 15:47:45 +02:00
* To provide good default configuration that work for most users.
site: move status right after the project description. People probably want to have first a very short description of the project and then its status before knowing the project history. Signed-off-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo@cyberdimension.org> Acked-by: Adrien 'neox' Bourmault <neox@gnu.org>
2023-11-14 19:08:59 +01:00
Add project announcement Note that the text is a collective work by many people and that I only have written an extremely small part of it. Signed-off-by: Adrien Bourmault <neox@a-lec.org> Signed-off-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo@cyberdimension.org> Acked-by: Adrien Bourmault <neox@a-lec.org> Acked-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo@cyberdimension.org>
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### How this project came to exist ####
Add improvements to the announce Signed-off-by: Adrien Bourmault <neox@a-lec.org> Signed-off-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo@cyberdimension.org> Acked-by: Adrien Bourmault <neox@a-lec.org> Acked-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo@cyberdimension.org>
2023-03-17 16:49:43 +01:00
We believe computer users deserve to control all the software they
run. This belief is the key principle of the Free Software Movement,
and was the motive for developing the GNU operating system and
starting the Free Software Foundation. We believe computer user
freedom is a crucial human rights.
In order to achieve our goal, it is crucial that we call a program
"free" or "libre" only when it is indeed free in its entirety. When
we talk about specific programs, we must not muddle the facts about
what is free and what is not. If people start referring to a progran
as "libre," when parts of it are not in fact libre, that tends to lead
the community astray.
Add project announcement Note that the text is a collective work by many people and that I only have written an extremely small part of it. Signed-off-by: Adrien Bourmault <neox@a-lec.org> Signed-off-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo@cyberdimension.org> Acked-by: Adrien Bourmault <neox@a-lec.org> Acked-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo@cyberdimension.org>
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Add improvements to the announce Signed-off-by: Adrien Bourmault <neox@a-lec.org> Signed-off-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo@cyberdimension.org> Acked-by: Adrien Bourmault <neox@a-lec.org> Acked-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo@cyberdimension.org>
2023-03-17 16:49:43 +01:00
Unfortunately, such a muddle happened last year with a boot program
Add GNU Boot project announcement We reused the work of libreboot.at as this is less work than restarting from scratch. It also contains the smallest possible change to make the review easier. Signed-off-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo@cyberdimension.org>
2023-08-03 18:42:29 +02:00
that was free software and is called Libreboot: the development team
added nonfree code to it, but continued to use "Libre" in its name.
Add improvements to the announce Signed-off-by: Adrien Bourmault <neox@a-lec.org> Signed-off-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo@cyberdimension.org> Acked-by: Adrien Bourmault <neox@a-lec.org> Acked-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo@cyberdimension.org>
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Fix first Libreboot release date The first Libreboot release was the 12th December 2013[1]. This is also correlated with the fact that I moved to France around summer 2013, and around December, I gave Leah my build scripts (under a free license) and I answered all her questions in order to help her getting the first RYF computer certified. That then lead to the creation of Libreboot. So the first release cound't have happened in 2009. [1]https://libreboot.org/news/libreboot20131212.html Reported-by: f_ (Ferass El Hafidi) on #libreboot on Liberachat. Signed-off-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo@cyberdimension.org> Acked-by: Adrien 'neox' Bourmault <neox@a-lec.org>
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Libreboot was first released in 2013. It has been widely recommended
in the free software community for the last nine years. In November
Add GNU Boot project announcement We reused the work of libreboot.at as this is less work than restarting from scratch. It also contains the smallest possible change to make the review easier. Signed-off-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo@cyberdimension.org>
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2022, Libreboot began to include non-libre code. We have made
fix typo Signed-off-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo@cyberdimension.org> Acked-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo@cyberdimension.org>
2023-03-20 21:17:43 +01:00
repeated efforts to continue collaboration with those developers to
Fix first Libreboot release date The first Libreboot release was the 12th December 2013[1]. This is also correlated with the fact that I moved to France around summer 2013, and around December, I gave Leah my build scripts (under a free license) and I answered all her questions in order to help her getting the first RYF computer certified. That then lead to the creation of Libreboot. So the first release cound't have happened in 2009. [1]https://libreboot.org/news/libreboot20131212.html Reported-by: f_ (Ferass El Hafidi) on #libreboot on Liberachat. Signed-off-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo@cyberdimension.org> Acked-by: Adrien 'neox' Bourmault <neox@a-lec.org>
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help their version of Libreboot remain libre, but that was not
Clarify that we worked with them to find ways to keep their Libreboot free Signed-off-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo@cyberdimension.org> GNUtoo: commit message only. Acked-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo@cyberdimension.org>
2023-03-17 23:21:36 +01:00
successful.
Add improvements to the announce Signed-off-by: Adrien Bourmault <neox@a-lec.org> Signed-off-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo@cyberdimension.org> Acked-by: Adrien Bourmault <neox@a-lec.org> Acked-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo@cyberdimension.org>
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Now we've stepped forward to stand up for freedom, ours and that of
the wider community, by maintaining our own version -- a genuinely libre
Add GNU Boot project announcement We reused the work of libreboot.at as this is less work than restarting from scratch. It also contains the smallest possible change to make the review easier. Signed-off-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo@cyberdimension.org>
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Libreboot, that after some hurdles gave birth to this project: GNU Boot.