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* '''2008/09/24:''' [[News#2008.2F09.2F24_coreboot_interview_at_LinuxTag_2008_is_now_available_as_podcast|coreboot/flashrom interview]]
* '''2008/09/24:''' [[News#2008.2F09.2F24_coreboot_interview_at_LinuxTag_2008_is_now_available_as_podcast|coreboot/flashrom interview]]
* '''2008/09/23:''' [[News#2008.2F09.2F23_ASUS_M2V-MX_SE_now_supported|ASUS M2V-MX SE support]]
* '''2008/09/23:''' [[News#2008.2F09.2F23_ASUS_M2V-MX_SE_now_supported|ASUS M2V-MX SE support]]
* '''2008/09/13:''' [[News#2008.2F09.2F13_coreboot_talk_at_OpenBSD_Slackathon_in_Stockholm|coreboot @ Slackathon 2008]]
* '''2008/09/10:''' [[News#2008.2F09.2F10_Jetway_J7F2.2FJ7F4_now_supported|Jetway J7F2/J7F4 support]]
* '''2008/08/04:''' [[News#2008.2F08.2F04_ASI_MB-5BLGP_.2F_Neoware_Eon_4000s_now_supported|ASI MB-5BLGP support]]
* '''2008/09/05:''' [[News#2008.2F09.2F05_VIA_VT8237S_now_supported|VIA VT8237S support]]
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Revision as of 15:28, 2 October 2008

coreboot (formerly known as LinuxBIOS) is a Free Software project aimed at replacing the proprietary BIOS (firmware) you can find in most of today's computers. It performs just a little bit of hardware initialization and then executes a so-called payload.

  • 100% Free Software (GPL), no royalties, no license fees!
  • Fast boot times (3 seconds to Linux console)
  • Avoids the need for a slow/buggy/proprietary BIOS
  • Written in C, contains virtually no assembly code
  • Supports many mainboards, devices, and payloads

  • Desktop PCs, servers, clusters, thin clients
  • Clusters, high-performance computing
  • Embedded solutions, STBs/HTPC, appliances, terminals
  • No-moving-parts solutions (ROM chip as "disk")
  • Non-standard scenarios (e.g. FPGA in Opteron socket)

About
Find out more about coreboot.
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Status
Find out whether your hardware is already supported.
Supported Motherboards | Supported Chipsets & Devices | Build Status | Flashrom support | Superiotool support | Notes for v3 ports

Related Tools
Tools and libraries related to coreboot.
Flashrom | Superiotool | Nvramtool | Buildrom | Libpayload | Mkelfimage

Getting Started
Download coreboot and get started.
Downloads | Documentation | Build Tutorials | Payloads | QEMU | AMD SimNow | Confirmed Working SVN Revisions | Misc | Papers on memory training

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