From 8164206858236ac675cc948569c75a6aa71dfe77 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Francis Rowe Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 02:16:30 -0400 Subject: home page: seriously promote free software, more aggressively --- diff --git a/site/index.php b/site/index.php index ade3a5b..279810f 100644 --- a/site/index.php +++ b/site/index.php @@ -42,10 +42,26 @@ echo gettext("Libreboot is a free (libre) BIOS/UEFI replacement. Based on coreboot, the aim is to distribute low-level boot firmware that is 100% free software, and easy to use."); ?>

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+ 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. +

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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 @@

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