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diff --git a/docs/index.html b/docs/index.html index cbdcefd..c9bb15c 100644 --- a/docs/index.html +++ b/docs/index.html @@ -105,7 +105,8 @@ <p> Libreboot is a <a href="http://coreboot.org/">coreboot</a> distribution (distro) with proprietary software removed, intended to be a <a href="https://www.fsf.org/about/what-is-free-software">free</a> - (libre) 'BIOS' replacement for your computer. + (libre) 'BIOS' replacement for your computer. The project is aimed at users, attempting to make + coreboot as easy to use as possible. <a href="docs/index.html#why">More about libreboot</a>. </p> <p> @@ -113,17 +114,42 @@ </p> <h2> - Project goals (and differences versus coreboot): + The libreboot project has two main goals: </h2> <ul> <li> - Coreboot contains blobs (proprietary data/code) and libreboot does not (it intentionally removes them). + <i><u>Recommend and distribute and only <b>free software</b></u></i>. The coreboot project distributes proprietary code/blobs on some computers; + this can include things like CPU microcode updates, memory initialization code and so on. The project also actively + recommends that the user install additional blobs in some cases (such as the video BIOS or VBIOS, Intel ME and so on). + While this can be necessary from the coreboot project's point of view, Libreboot is an attempt to support as many + computers from coreboot as possible, without distributing any blobs and without having the user install additional + proprietary software. This is not to say that the coreboot project is bad; a lot of extremely dedicated and talented + individuals in coreboot work night and day to reverse engineer and free those blobs that still remain in coreboot. + <b>Any system from coreboot that can run without blobs is a viable libreboot candidate!</b> </li> <li> - Coreboot is hacker-friendly and focuses on software developers, libreboot is user-focused and attempts to - turn coreboot into a distribution, sort of like a GNU/Linux distribution (same concept, different software). For example, libreboot - distributes GRUB/memtest86+/bucts/flashrom (and more) and comes with user-focused documentation and build scripts; libreboot - is therefore made more 'user-friendly'. + <i><u>Make coreboot easy to use</u></i>. The main problem that many users have with coreboot is that it is extremely difficult to + understand, learn about, install and use. This is understandable; coreboot is a low-level peice of software and has many + talented individuals working on it, but the project's resources are limited and so the developers focus their efforts on the code. + Coreboot offers wonderful support for other coreboot developers and those who wish to climb up + that steep curve to learn everything that they can.<br/><br/> + + At the same time, those who simply want to use coreboot (for any number + of reasons) are often left feeling intimidated and many of them give up in frustration. Libreboot attempts to bridge this gap; + its documentation is entirely focussed on users, with detailed steps showing exactly how to install and use it and the issues + that they may come across (and how to work around them).<br/><br/> + + Almost everything in libreboot is completely automated, with + scripts for downloading, building and installing the various components used in libreboot. Pre-compiled ROM images built + from the libreboot source code are provided, along with the utilities (statically compiled, from libreboot sources) that the user will need for installing them.<br/><br/> + + Libreboot is similar in concept to a GNU/Linux or GNU/Linux-libre distribution; it is composed of not just coreboot (deblobbed), + but everything else that the user will need such and GRUB, flashrom, and so on. These are all fully integrated, in a way where + most of the detailed steps otherwise required of the user (if they used coreboot, the upstream provider) are completely eliminated.<br/><br/> + + In much the same way as you can simply download an ISO image for your favourite GNU/Linux-libre distribution, and install it, + you can download pre-compiled libreboot ROM images (built from the sources) along with installation scripts and documentation + that make libreboot as easy to use as possible. </li> </ul> @@ -142,9 +168,8 @@ </p> <p> - <i>Libreboot</i> as a whole is the distribution distributed deblobbed. However, the core part is coreboot: - libreboot's deblobbed coreboot tree is named <i>coreboot-libre</i> to distinguish it as a component of <i>libreboot</i>. - (if that makes sense). + <i>Libreboot</i> as a whole is the distribution consisting of everything surrounding coreboot. However, the main component is coreboot: + libreboot's deblobbed coreboot tree is sometimes referred to as <i>coreboot-libre</i> to distinguish it as a component of <i>libreboot</i>. </p> <h2> @@ -177,7 +202,7 @@ <hr/> <p> - Copyright © 2014 Francis Rowe <info@gluglug.org.uk><br/> + Copyright © 2015 Francis Rowe <info@gluglug.org.uk><br/> This document is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Public License and all future versions. A copy of the license can be found at <a href="license.txt">license.txt</a>. </p> |