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. The project performs just a little bit of hardware initialization and then executes a so-called payload.
Use Cases:
* 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)
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Here are some key features of "coreboot":
· 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
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· Numerous bugs were fixed.
· Conformance was fixed.
· Windows support was improved.
· Boot-time speedups were made.
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