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joekiser [soylentnews.org] writes:

Libreboot [libreboot.org], the project which aims to replace a computer's BIOS (or UEFI) with free software, has gained support for its first Micro-ATX motherboard [nongnu.org]. The Socket 775 Gigabyte GA-G41M-ES2L [gigabyte.com] was first produced in 2009, and supports up to 8GB of RAM and the Core 2 range of processors. Libreboot, soon to be part of the GNU project [libreboot.org], is derived from the Coreboot [coreboot.org] project, with the caveat that all binary firmware is removed. Libreboot allows security features such as the disabling of the Intel Management Engine, an encrypted /boot/ partition, and GPG signature checking of the kernel. With Gigabyte GA-G41M-ES2L support, it is now possible to build a completely free Micro-ATX system.

Note that it has been previously possible to use Libreboot on laptops such as the Libiquity Taurinus X200 [soylentnews.org] (a re-branded Lenovo X200), and the Minifree Libreboot T400 [minifree.org] (re-branded Lenovo T400), as well as the ASUS KGPE-D16 [libreboot.org] server board.

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