Group: Hardware/Software/Boot software
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* GNU Linux operating system with grub.cfg | * GNU Linux operating system with grub.cfg | ||
+ | * Ipxe | ||
+ | * Memtest86+ | ||
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+ | ! IPXE | ||
+ | | Probably fully free. Shipped as-is by FSDG distributions. | ||
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+ | * Network Bootloader. | ||
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+ | * BIOS through PXE or iso or floppy. | ||
+ | * GRUB | ||
+ | * QEMU | ||
+ | * UEFI through PXE or iso or floppy. | ||
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+ | * GNU Linux operating system | ||
* Ipxe | * Ipxe | ||
* Memtest86+ | * Memtest86+ |
Revision as of 16:37, 17 May 2024
Boot software
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Barebox | ? |
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Coreboot | The nonfree software present in its source code seem now gone. But it reuses external nonfree software to support many computers. In some case it doesn't do much anymore and the nonfree software does almost all the work. |
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GNU GRUB | Fully free (GNU Project) |
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IPXE | Probably fully free. Shipped as-is by FSDG distributions. |
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SeaBIOS | Probably fully free. Shipped as-is by FSDG distributions. |
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U-Boot | Contains nonfree software |
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