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'''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 [[Payloads|payload]], for example a [[Linux]] kernel, [[FILO]], [[GRUB2]], [http://www.openbios.org/ OpenBIOS], [http://www.openbios.org/Open_Firmware Open Firmware], [http://www.openbios.org/SmartFirmware SmartFirmware], [http://www.gnu.org/software/gnufi/ GNUFI] (UEFI), [[Etherboot]], [[ADLO]] (for booting [[Booting Windows using coreboot|Windows]], [[Booting FreeBSD using coreboot|FreeBSD]], or [http://openbsd.org/ OpenBSD]), [[Plan 9]], or [[memtest86]].
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'''<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">[[Benefits]]</span>''' &mdash;
<small>There are many reasons for using coreboot.</small>
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* 100% Free Software (GPL), no royalties, no 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 [[Supported Motherboards|mainboards]], [[Supported Chipsets and Devices|devices]], and [[payloads]]
* Further features: netboot, serial console, remote flashing, ...
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'''<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">[[Use Cases]]</span>''' &mdash;
<small>coreboot can be deployed in a wide range of scenarios.</small>
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* Standard desktop computers and servers
* [[Clusters]], high-performance computing
* Set-Top-Boxes, thin clients
* Embedded solutions, appliances, terminals
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_form_factor Small form factor computers], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_theater_PC Home-theater PCs] (HTPC)
* No-moving-parts solutions (ROM chip as "hard drive")
* Various non-standard scenarios (e.g. FPGA in Opteron socket)
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'''About'''<br /><small>Find out more about coreboot.<hr />[[News]] | [[Press]] | [[Current events|Events]] | [[History]] | [[Screenshots|Screenshots & Videos]] | [[Contributors]] | [[Sponsors]]</small>
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'''Developers'''<br /><small>Get involved! Help us make coreboot better.<hr />[[Development Guidelines]] | [[Developer Manual]] | [http://qa.coreboot.org/docs/doxygen.php Doxygen] | [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/coreboot/browser/trunk/coreboot-v2 Browse Source] | [[JTAG/BSDL Guide|JTAG]] | [[EHCI Debug Port]] | [[Distributed and Automated Testsystem|Testsystem]] | [[GSoC]] | [[Ideas]] | [[Superiotool]]</small>
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'''Status'''<br /><small>Find out whether your hardware is already supported.<hr />[[Supported Motherboards]] | [[Supported Chipsets and Devices|Supported Chipsets & Devices]] | [http://qa.coreboot.org Build Status] | [[Flashrom#Supported_devices|Flashrom support]] | [[Superiotool#Supported_devices|Superiotool support]]</small>
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'''Vendors & Products'''<br /><small>Find out in which products coreboot is used.<hr />[[Products]] | [[Clusters]] | [[Laptop]] | [[Desktops]]</small>
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'''Getting Started'''<br /><small>Download coreboot and get started.<hr />[[Download coreboot|Downloads]] | [[Documentation]] | [[:Category:Tutorials|Build Tutorials]] | [[Payloads]] | [[QEMU]] | [[AMD SimNow]] | [[Confirmed working svn revisions|Confirmed Working SVN Revisions]] | [[Buildrom]] | [[Flashrom]] | [[nvramtool]] | [[Misc]]</small>
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'''Support'''<br /><small>Learn how to contact us and find help and support.<hr />[[FAQ]] | [[Mailinglist]] | [[IRC]] | [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/coreboot/ Issue Tracker] | [[Glossary]] | [[coreboot Options|corebootv2 Options]]</small>
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'''<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">[[News]]</span>'''<hr />
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* '''2008/04/03:''' [[News#2008.2F04.2F03_coreboot_Symposium_in_Denver|coreboot Symposium Denver]]
* '''2008/03/17:''' [[News#2008.2F03.2F17_MSI_MS-6119_now_supported|MSI MS-6119 support]]
* '''2008/03/17:''' [[News#2008.2F03.2F17_Intel_3100_chipset_and_Intel_devkit_.28Mt._Arvon.29_board_now_supported|Intel 3100 / Mt.Arvon support]]
* '''2008/03/09:''' [[News#2008.2F03.2F09_RCA_RM4100_now_supported|RCA RM4100 support]]
* '''2008/03/07:''' [[News#2008.2F03.2F07_ASUS_A8V-E_Deluxe_now_supported|ASUS A8V-E Deluxe support]]
* '''2008/02/20:''' [[News#2008.2F02.2F20_MSI_MS-7135_.28K8N_Neo3.29_now_supported|MSI MS-7135 (K8N Neo3) support]]
* '''2008/01/27:''' [[News#2008.2F01.2F27_Abit_BE6-II_V2.0_now_supported|Abit BE6-II V2.0 support]]
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'''<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Contact</span>'''<hr />
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* [[Mailinglist|Mailing list]]: [mailto:coreboot@coreboot.org coreboot@coreboot.org]
* [[IRC]]: '''#coreboot''' (on [http://www.freenode.net/ irc.freenode.net])
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