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canopic jug [soylentnews.org] writes:

Coreboot 24.08 has been released [coreboot.org], as announced on the project's blog. coreboot [coreboot.org] is a fast, flexible, and secure extended firmware platform to help boot modern computers and embedded systems. Some hardware comes with coreboot these days as vendors increasingly offer it as an option. In other cases, if you have a supported chip set, it can be used to replace the slower, less secure, proprietary UEFI [cisa.gov] ("BIOS") firmware which came with the hardware.

We are pleased to announce the release of coreboot 24.08, another significant milestone in our ongoing commitment to delivering open-source firmware solutions. This release includes over 900 commits, contributed by more than 130 dedicated individuals from our global community. The updates in 24.08 bring various enhancements, optimizations, and new features that further improve the reliability and performance of coreboot across supported platforms.

The next release is planned for mid-November. It has been a while since SN has addressed firmware. Libreboot is a variant of Coreboot but with more of the proprietary blobs removed.

Previously:
(2021) Libreboot Sees First New Release In Nearly 5 Years, Supports More Old Motherboards [soylentnews.org]
(2020) "Project X" - Pure Open-Source Coreboot Support On AMD Zen [soylentnews.org]
(2019) NSA Contributing Low-Level Code to Coreboot UEFI BIOS Alternative [soylentnews.org]
(2014) Replace your Proprietary BIOS with Libreboot [soylentnews.org]

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