presented release of free loading firmware libreboot 20240504 , which received the status of a stable version (the last stable release was published in June 2023). The project develops the finished assembly of the project coreboot , which provides the replacement of proprietary firmware UEFI and BIOS, which is responsible for initializing CPU, memory, peripheral devices and other equipment components, with minimization binary inserts.
Libreboot is aimed at the formation of a systemic environment, which allows you to do without proprietary in as much as possible, not only at the level of the operating system, but also the firmware that provides loading. Libreboot complements Coreboot by means of simplifying use by end users, forming a ready -made distribution that any user who does not have special skills can use.
The new issue added support for the Dell Latitude E5420 laptop and problems with the exit from the S3 sleeping mode of other supported Dell Latitude laptops were solved. For laptops HP Elitebook 8560W, WiFi problems have been solved. Work has been carried out to increase stability and correct errors when working with previously supported boards. Changes accumulated over the year in the Libreboot test branches.
GRUB bootloader is updated to version 2.12 and expanded by patches to support USB 3.0 and to use Argon2 Hashi when forming the keys to encrypted LUKS2 sections (instead of PBKDF2). Seabios provides the ability to download from NVMe SSD drives. In the assembly system, optimization was carried out, aimed at reducing the size of the code. For firming libreboot images, the motherboard instead of the Flashrom utility is involved flashprog .
equipment , supported in Libreboot:
- Server motherboards:
- asus kfsn4-dre
- asus kgpe-d16
- desktop systems:
- gigabyte GA-G41M-SES2L;
- acer g43t-am3;
- Intel D510MO / D410PT;
- Apple Imac 5.2;
- HP Elite 8200 SFF/MT;
- HP Elite 8300 USDT;
- Asus KCMA-D8;
- dell Precision t1650.
- Intel D945GCLF
- Dell Optiplex 7020 and 9020 series SFF, XE2 SFF, MT and XE2 MT;
- laptops:
- ThinkPad X60 / X60S / X60 Tablet;
- ThinkPad T60;
- Lenovo ThinkPad X200 / X200S / X200 / X220 / X220 EDP / X230 Tablet;
- Lenovo ThinkPad X301;
- Lenovo ThinkPad R400;
- Lenovo ThinkPad T400 / T400S / T420 / T420S / T430 / T440;
- Lenovo ThinkPad T500 / T530;
- Lenovo ThinkPad W530 / W541;
- Lenovo ThinkPad R500;
- HP Elitebook 2560p / 2570p / 2170p / 8470p / Folio 9470m;
- HP Elitebook 820 G2;
- HP Compaq Elite 8300 CMT;
- HP Elitebook 8460p;
- HP Elitebook 8560w;
- Dell Latitute E6400 / E6430;
- Dell Latitude E5420/E5520/E5530/E6520/E6530/E6420;
- Apple MacBook1 and MacBook2;
- Asus Chromebook Flip C101 (ARM);
- Samsung Chromebook Plus (ARM).