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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>
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Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli 2023-11-14 19:08:59 +01:00 committed by Adrien 'neox' Bourmault
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GNU Boot is a free software project aimed at replacing the proprietary GNU Boot is a free software project aimed at replacing the proprietary
boot firmware that comes with computers with free boot software. boot firmware that comes with computers with free boot software.
### Project status and need for help ####
Right now GNU Boot is still in its early stage.
It should be relatively safe to use the [last release
candidate](https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gnuboot/) (GNU Boot 0.1-rc1) as is
has minimal changes on top of Libreboot 20220710 (the last 100% free
release of Libreboot) and also because several people tested it and
didn't report any blocking issue.
However we need a lot of help for fixing the website as most pages are
out of date or still refer to Libreboot or libreboot.at instead of GNU
Boot.
This is very important because the website also contains all the
project documentation, including the installation instructions (we
also need help testing them).
See the [page about contributing to GNU
Boot](/software/gnuboot/test/web/git.html) for more details on how to
help GNU Boot.
### How this project came to exist #### ### How this project came to exist ####
We believe computer users deserve to control all the software they We believe computer users deserve to control all the software they
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Now we've stepped forward to stand up for freedom, ours and that of 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 the wider community, by maintaining our own version -- a genuinely libre
Libreboot, that after some hurdles gave birth to this project: GNU Boot. Libreboot, that after some hurdles gave birth to this project: GNU Boot.
### Project status and need for help ####
Right now GNU Boot is still in its early stage.
It should be relatively safe to use the [last release
candidate](https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gnuboot/) (GNU Boot 0.1-rc1) as is
has minimal changes on top of Libreboot 20220710 (the last 100% free
release of Libreboot) and also because several people tested it and
didn't report any blocking issue.
However we need a lot of help for fixing the website as most pages are
out of date or still refer to Libreboot or libreboot.at instead of GNU
Boot.
This is very important because the website also contains all the
project documentation, including the installation instructions (we
also need help testing them).
See the [page about contributing to GNU
Boot](/software/gnuboot/test/web/git.html) for more details on how to
help GNU Boot.