Semi FOSS BIOS "Coreboot" has been updated to version 24.05. This update adds support for twenty five new motherboards, fixes for clang support, added support for EL2/EL3 onm ARM64, and more. The code to Coreboot is licensed using GPLv2.0. The reason I call it semi FOSS is that it does have to include varying levels of closed source blobs to make many models work. Having some FOSS in Coreboot beats having a fully closed source BIOS though and it is a good step for users to take to get more privacy and security for their devices.

The project's main website is here:

https://www.coreboot.org/

The code is hosted on Github:

https://github.com/coreboot/coreboot

The release notes for this update are here:

https://blogs.coreboot.org/blog/2024/05/23/coreboot-24-05-release/

The project has a presense on Mastodon:

https://firmware.network/coreboot

There is a more thorough writeup on this release by Phoronix:

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Coreboot-24.05-Released

If you wish to donate to the Coreboot project you can do so through Paypal; cheque or wire transfer.

https://www.coreboot.org/donate.html

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