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FSF backs GNU Boot, a free software replacement for BIOS and UEFI
Original: 📰 FSF Sponsors 'GNU Boot', a Libre, Ethical Replacement for Nonfree BIOS Or UEFI "Free your BIOS today!" urges the web p
The Free Software Foundation is sponsoring GNU Boot, a project offering a fully libre alternative to proprietary BIOS and UEFI firmware on computers. The project's page urges users to 'free your BIOS today', describing itself as 100% free software aimed at replacing nonfree boot software. The move fits the FSF's long-running campaign for user freedom at every layer of computing, down to firmware.
Why now: The FSF's sponsorship is new news for the free software community, which closely follows efforts to eliminate proprietary firmware.
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- 📰 FSF Sponsors 'GNU Boot', a Libre, Ethical Replacement for Nonfree BIOS Or UEFI "Free your BIOS today!" urges the web page for GNU Boot, calling it "a 100% free software project aimed at replacing the nonfree boot software (like BIOS or UEFI) of computers with free boot… · feed@igeek.gamer-geek-news.com · 1
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