Group: Hardware/Software/Boot software
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+ | ! Project | ||
+ | ! Freedom | ||
+ | ! Usage | ||
+ | ! Hardware supported | ||
+ | ! Can load | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | ! Any GNU/Linux distribution | ||
+ | | Depends, see https://www.gnu.org/distros for more details on distribution freedom. | ||
+ | | Usually ship packages of bootloader and sometime they come with installation instructions. | ||
+ | | Depends on the distribution | ||
+ | | GNU/Linux and/or that distribution. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | ! Canoeboot | ||
+ | | Should be fully free | ||
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+ | * BIOS replacement | ||
+ | * Deblobs Libreboot, focus on features at the expense of manitenance. | ||
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+ | | rowspan=2 | | ||
+ | * GNU/Linux | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | ! GNU Boot | ||
+ | | Fully free (GNU Project). | ||
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+ | * BIOS replacement | ||
+ | * Long term focus (stability, easy maintenance, etc). | ||
+ | * Still in RC, need help to review the installation instructions. | ||
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+ | |- | ||
+ | ! Guix | ||
+ | | FSDG compliant | ||
+ | | Unification of: | ||
+ | * a GNU/Linux distribution | ||
+ | * a package manager | ||
+ | * deployment tool | ||
+ | Can be installed on top of another distribution to produce bootloader packages but lacks documentation for that. | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |} | ||
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Revision as of 16:51, 17 May 2024
Boot software distribution
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Any GNU/Linux distribution | Depends, see https://www.gnu.org/distros for more details on distribution freedom. | Usually ship packages of bootloader and sometime they come with installation instructions. | Depends on the distribution | GNU/Linux and/or that distribution. |
Canoeboot | Should be fully free |
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GNU Boot | Fully free (GNU Project). |
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Guix | FSDG compliant | Unification of:
Can be installed on top of another distribution to produce bootloader packages but lacks documentation for that. |
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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