From 8164206858236ac675cc948569c75a6aa71dfe77 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Francis Rowe
+ Most people in the global free software community are using free operating systems; namely, the GNU operating system. + However, most of them are still relying on proprietary software to boot their operating system, via software + called firmware (often referred to as + the BIOS or UEFI). + The goal of libreboot is identical to that of the GNU project and Free Software Foundation, which is to ensure that everyone + has the freedom to use, study, adapt and share software freely; more broadly, the freedom to truly own and control the technology that they use. +
+Libreboot has many practical advantages over proprietary boot firmware, such as faster boot speeds and better security; source audits are possible and, therefore, the firmware is unlikely to contain backdoors (common in proprietary firmware). You @@ -61,14 +77,14 @@