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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### ¿Qué es esto? #### ### ¿Qué es esto? ####
GNU Boot es un proyecto de software libre destinado a reemplazar el GNU Boot es un proyecto de software 100% libre destinado a reemplazar el
firmware privativo de arranque de computadoras por software libre. software privativo de arranque de computadoras por software libre.
GNU Boot es únicamente una distribución: reutiliza proyecto software
como Coreboot, GRUB, SeaBIOS, etc.
No es muy diferente de [distribución GNU/Linux 100%
libre](https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.es.html) como Trisquel
o Guix.
Como otras distribución GNU/Linux 100% libre su tareas son:
* Buscar y remover código no libre en proyectos che reutiliza.
* Hacer la compilación del software y asemblar lo en algo que si puede
instalar. Testar el software y distribuir instrucciones de
instalación y de mejora.
* Distribuir configuración con buenas valores por defecto que funciona
por la mayoría de los usuarios.
### Situación del proyecto y ayuda necesaria #### ### Situación del proyecto y ayuda necesaria ####

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### What is this? #### ### What is this? ####
GNU Boot is a free software project aimed at replacing the proprietary GNU Boot is a 100% free software project aimed at replacing the
boot firmware that comes with computers with free boot software. nonfree boot software (like BIOS or UEFI) of computers with free boot
software.
### Project status and need for help #### GNU Boot is only a distribution: it reuses existing software projects
like Coreboot, GRUB, SeaBIOS, etc.
Right now GNU Boot is still in its early stage. So it's not very different from [100% free GNU/Linux
distributions](https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html) like
Trisquel or Guix.
It should be relatively safe to use the GNU Boot 0.1 RC3 as is has Like the other 100% free GNU/Linux distributions its tasks are:
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 * To find and remove nonfree software in projects it reuses.
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 * To build the software and assemble it in something that can be
project documentation, including the installation instructions (we installed. To test it and to provide installation and upgrade
also need help testing them). instructions.
See the [page about contributing to GNU * To provide good default configuration that work for most users.
Boot](/software/gnuboot/web/git.html) for more details on how to
help GNU Boot.
### How this project came to exist #### ### How this project came to exist ####