Welcome to coreboot

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The wiki is being retired!

Documentation is now handled by the same processes we use for code: Add something to the Documentation/ directory in the coreboot repo, and it will be rendered to https://doc.coreboot.org/. Contributions welcome!

LinuxBIOS is a Free Software project aimed at replacing the proprietary BIOS you can find in most of today's computers.

It performs just a little bit of hardware initialization and then executes one of many possible payloads, e.g. a Linux kernel, FILO, OpenBIOS, Etherboot, ADLO for booting Windows, memtest86 and many more.

Benefits

There are many reasons for using LinuxBIOS.


  • 100% Free Software BIOS (GPL)
  • No royalties or license fees!
  • Fast boot times (3 seconds from power-on to Linux console)
  • Avoids the need for a slow, buggy, proprietary BIOS
  • Runs in 32-Bit protected mode almost from the start
  • Written in C, contains virtually no assembly code
  • Supports a wide variety of hardware and payloads
  • Further features: netboot, serial console, remote flashing, ...

Use Cases & Deployments

LinuxBIOS can be (and is) deployed in a wide range of scenarios.


Quick Links

About
Find out more about LinuxBIOS.
News | Press | History | Documentation | Contributors

Developers
Get involved! Help us make LinuxBIOS better!
Development Guidelines | Issue Tracker
Configuration Options | JTAG | EHCI Debug Port

Status
Find out whether your hardware is already supported.
Supported Motherboards | Supported Chipsets & Devices | Build Status

Vendors & Products
Do you want to deploy LinuxBIOS? Buy LinuxBIOS solutions?
Products | Clusters | Laptop

Getting Started
Download LinuxBIOS and get started!
Downloads | Payloads | Build Tutorials
Confirmed Working SVN Revisions | Misc

Support
Learn how to contact us and find help and support.
Mailinglist | FAQ | Glossary
More than a million devices already run on LinuxBIOS!


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