From 933dd2992696c63e0b0bf1b6508ccaa312b7efa8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Francis Rowe Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 04:32:17 -0400 Subject: home page: remove technical benefits, add GNU philosophy libreboot has always had the same goals an the GNU project, but the current home page does not adequately convey this. Fix that. --- diff --git a/site/index.php b/site/index.php index f3e9fca..876ea71 100644 --- a/site/index.php +++ b/site/index.php @@ -38,9 +38,16 @@

- 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."); - ?> + Libreboot is a free (libre) boot firmware, + replacing the proprietary BIOS/UEFI, based on coreboot. + Boot firmware is the low-level software that runs when you turn your computer on, which initializes the + hardware and starts a bootloader for your operating system. Learn more +

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+ Most people in the global free software community are using free operating systems; namely, the GNU operating system. + However, most people still rely on proprietary boot firmware. + The goal of the libreboot project is identical to that of the GNU project and Free Software Foundation, which is to ensure that everyone + has the freedom to use, study, modify and share software; in other words, the freedom to truly own and control the technology that they use. We want everyone to use free software, exclusively.