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title: Contribute financially to the Libreboot project
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Introduction
============
Donate money to the Retroboot and Libreboot projects. Your money will be used
to fund development and pay people who work on these projects. Some of the money
received will be donated to the
[Free Software Foundation](https://www.fsf.org/) and
[Electronic Frontier Foundation](https://www.eff.org/)
Some of the money will also be donated to the coreboot, which is a member
project under the Software Freedom Conservancy (coreboot uses SFC's legal
infrastructure to accept donations). Libreboot and Retroboot both use coreboot
extensively, for hardware initialization and neither project would be possible
without coreboot!
I, Leah Rowe, am founder of both Libreboot and Retroboot. I am also the lead
developer of both projects. I handle the money and I share it with other core
members of both the Libreboot and Retroboot projects.
Send money via Patreon
======================
Go here for information:
<https://www.patreon.com/libreleah>
You can contribute money there, using a number of payment options that Patreon
supports.
Send money via Bitcoin
======================
Send money to this bitcoin wallet:
bc1qc7yz0e3uum5nwln08dr65zapqz7xrqhuk3aqm9
This bitcoin wallet is owned and operated by Leah Rowe. This bitcoin address
was last updated on 16 January 2021; keep an eye on this page in case this
bitcoin address changes in the future.
How will your money be used?
============================
I, Leah Rowe, am founder and lead developer of both
[Libreboot](https://libreboot.org/) and [Retroboot](https://retroboot.org/). I
work with other developers too. This page is intended to raise money to financially
assist such development on both Libreboot and Retroboot, both of which provide
coreboot-based hardware initialization on supported machines.
The word *donation* and *donate* may be used here, but legally speaking it is
not a donation. You are simply sending money to Leah Rowe. No formal legal
entity exists for Libreboot or Retroboot (such as a non-profit organisation)
but I will simply pay whatever taxes are due on money I receive (I have an
accountant that manages my money for me). No goods/services are promised in
exchange for the money received, and no refunds will be given.
After tax, I (Leah Rowe) will use whatever money I receive for:
* My own work on Libreboot and Retroboot development
* Costs related to the above (need to pay rent, food etc and sometimes I need
to pay for equipment or machines to test ROM images on)
* I will share whatever money I receive with `swiftgeek` and `and_who` who are
the two other core developers of Libreboot, whom I work with every day. Those
two also deserve to be paid for their hard work!
I run a company (<https://retrofreedom.com/>) selling Libreboot and Retroboot
machines and providing a send-in service for installation, but I try to
run it part-time and focus on development. I only do business when I need to
(so as to pay bills and such, and provide extra funding for Libreboot/Retroboot).
Libreboot hasn't had a stable release since 2016. Since that date, work has been
done on a new build system (the *Paper build system*) which adds many new
features but is not yet complete. I, Leah Rowe, decided to fork Libreboot's old
build system and I've made huge improvements to *that* in order to create
Retroboot. I will soon create Retroboot-libre, based on Retroboot, which will be
very similar to Libreboot. I've been authorized (by Andrew and Swiftgeek) to do
a new Libreboot release
based on this work, as a stop-gap to give users updated coreboot/GRUB versions
and so on, and a few new machines added to the build system that can now be
supported in Libreboot; this will *not* replace the work done on the Paper
build system. Retroboot's build system is named `rbmk` (short for Retroboot
Make) based on `lbmk` (Libreboot Make) and is much easier to work on than the
Paper build system, enabling quicker releases schedules.
ETA for lbmk-based Libreboot release: late March 2021 to mid April 2021. More
boards will be added, and existing ones will be updated to use the latest
versions of coreboot, GRUB and whatever other software is required.
My own work is focused on:
* Adding new boards from coreboot whenever feasible
* Experimenting with coreboot payloads; for years I've preferred GNU GRUB,
but lately I've been experimenting more with SeaBIOS, Tianocore and linuxboot,
the latter of which is not yet present in Retroboot and Tianocore/linuxboot
are both currently absent in Libreboot but will be added. For ARM (rockchip
and so on) I've been experimenting with UBoot, as has Swiftgeek and Andrew.
* Providing excellent documentation, written for non-technical users (with
developer documentation also provided, either in Retroboot/Libreboot or
submitted upstream to projects such as coreboot)
* Working on upstream projects such as coreboot and GRUB (bug fixes, mostly,
though I myself added ThinkPad T400 support to coreboot many years ago and
huge improvements were made to it by other people in that project. I've also
commissioned work on new coreboot ports in the past, and paid for such work)
* Work on the Libreboot and Retroboot build systems (lbmk and rbmk, not paper)
* Generally running the project, coordinating development and handling releases
* Occasionally I provide user support on IRC, but that's mostly swiftgeek's
thing these days.
The two other developers, Andrew Robbins and Swiftgeek, also do a lot of work.
Swiftgeek focuses mainly on:
* Working on upstream projects such as coreboot and GRUB (e.g. bug fixes, adding
new features)
* Improvements to upstream projects. For instance, swiftgeek figured out how
to do hardware-based gdb debugging of GRUB, where previously this was only
feasible for GRUB running in a *virtual machine*. He has been working on a
large number of improvements to GRUB, including features such as loading modules
from CBFS instead of memdisk.
* Hardware research (reverse engineering) - for instance, he is researching how
to externally dump/flash H8S based ECs, which will greatly enhance our ability
to create libre EC firmware on libreboot-supported thinkpads in the future.
* Providing user support on IRC - he excels at this, and a lot of new libreboot
users now exist because he provided such support!
Andrew focuses mainly on:
* Work on the Libreboot build system (and has expressed interest in working on
Retroboot in the future)
* Andrew is largely responsible for getting SeaGRUB working. In this config,
SeaBIOS is the main payload and loads i386-pc grub instead of i386-coreboot
grub, *in the boot flash*. The benefit of this is that you get the same
benefits of GNU GRUB in flash, but now it is BIOS GRUB so can make use of
x86 BIOS calls (useful for chainloading non-coreboot things such as MBR
boot sector on a hard drive. i386-coreboot grub can't do that, and this is
the configuration used in Libreboot and Retroboot at present).
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[Authors](/contrib.md) --
[Conduct Guidelines](/conduct.md) --
[Governance](/management.md) --
[Peers Community](https://peers.community/)
[Peers Community](https://peers.community/) --
[Donate](/donate.md)
[Buy preinstalled](/suppliers.md)
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title: Libreboot
...
[![Libreboot logo](logo/logo.svg "Canteloupe, the libreboot
mascot"){#logo}](faq.md#who-did-the-logo)
[FAQ](faq.md) --
[Download](download.md) --
[Install](docs/install/) --
[Docs](docs/) --
[News](news/) --
[Chat](https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=libreboot) --
[Support](https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=libreboot) --
[Bugs](https://notabug.org/libreboot/libreboot/issues) --
[Contribute](git.md) --
[Send patches](git.md) --
**[Donate](donate.md)** --
**[Buy preinstalled](suppliers.md)**
Libreboot is [freedom-respecting](https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html)
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Libreboot is compatible with [certain computers that have
been ported to](docs/hardware/) on ARM and x86.
[![Libreboot logo](logo/logo.svg "Canteloupe, the libreboot
mascot"){#logo}](faq.md#who-did-the-logo)
*Boot firmware* is the low-level software in a computer, which executes the
moment that computer is turned on. It brings all of the components (CPU,
[memory controller](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_controller),
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% Donation page added for Libreboot project
% Leah Rowe
% 16 January 2021
Do you like Libreboot? Consider supporting the project financially!
This page is now available on the website:
[Donate to the Libreboot project](../donate.md)
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title: Suppliers selling Libreboot pre-installed
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Libiquity
---------
Patrick McDermott, Libiquity's founder, is a former Libreboot
developer. **Ships to USA only**
- [Taurinus X200 laptop](https://shop.libiquity.com/product/taurinus-x200) (FSF RYF certified)
- [Libreboot chassis](https://shop.libiquity.com/product/libreboot-stickers-shaped-matte-vinyl-2x2.25-3-pack) and [Libreboot Inside stickers](https://shop.libiquity.com/product/libreboot-inside-case-badges-3-pack)
Libreboot is notoriously difficult to install for a lot of people. These
companies make things easier by providing pre-configured machines.
Home page:
<https://shop.libiquity.com/>
If you don't want to buy one of these machines but still want to contribute
to Libreboot financially, [we have a separate page for that](donate.md)
RetroFreedom
---------
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Laptops:
- [Libreboot X200 laptop](https://retrofreedom.com/product/libreboot-x200/) (FSF RYF certified)
- [Libreboot T400 laptop](https://retrofreedom.com/product/libreboot-t400/) (FSF RYF certified)
- [Libreboot X200 Tablet laptop](https://retrofreedom.com/product/libreboot-x200-tablet/) (FSF RYF certified)
- [Libreboot W500 laptop with 1920x1200 screen](https://retrofreedom.com/product/libreboot-w500/) (FSF RYF pending)
- [Libreboot X200 laptop](https://retrofreedom.com/product/libreboot-x200/)
- [Libreboot T400 laptop](https://retrofreedom.com/product/libreboot-t400/)
- [Libreboot X200 Tablet laptop](https://retrofreedom.com/product/libreboot-x200-tablet/)
- [Libreboot W500 laptop with 1920x1200 screen](https://retrofreedom.com/product/libreboot-w500/)
Services:
- [Libreboot installation service](https://retrofreedom.com/product/libreboot-installation-service/)
The company re-opened on 10 November 2020, after closing in early 2020 due to
Covid19 pandemic. Some fundamental changes were made to the operation: laptop
options greatly simplified, with just 1 configuration per laptop, but a lot more
extras included by default. Laptops are now pre-packed and ready to ship before
being sold on the website, and so the service is extremely efficient (previously,
as with most Libreboot suppliers, laptops were assembled to order, after sale).
More info about the re-launch here:
<https://retrofreedom.com/company-relaunched/>
Home page:
<https://retrofreedom.com/>
Raptor Computing Systems
---------
Raptor Computing Systems (RCS) is the world's first libre OEM, producing systems
with libre boot firmware and operating system preinstalled, *from the factory*.
They the following systems available:
- [TALOS™ II](https://raptorcs.com/content/base/products.html)
- [TALOS™ II Lite](https://raptorcs.com/content/base/products.html)
(reduced cost version of TALOS™ II)
- [Blackbird™ II Lite](https://raptorcs.com/content/base/products.html)
NOTE: this isn't technically Libreboot, but the boot firmware is entirely free.
This is the same company that ported the ASUS KFSN4-DRE, KGPE-D16 and KCMA-D8
mainboards to Libreboot. RCS has also helped improve other ports in Libreboot,
for instance they added support for *switchable graphics* on the ThinkPad T400
which Libreboot supports.
Home page:
<https://www.raptorcs.com/>
Vikings
---------
Vikings is the first company to offer hosting on hardware pre-installed with
Libreboot and they are also selling the hardware itself to fund the building
of their Libreboot-powered datacenter.
**Ships worldwide, to all countries.**
Routers:
- [Libre WNDR3800 Router](https://store.vikings.net/libre-friendly-hardware/wndrrouter) (FSF RYF pending)
Servers:
- [Vikings D16 1U server](https://store.vikings.net/libre-friendly-hardware/the-server-1u)
Mainboards:
- [Vikings D16 mainboard](https://store.vikings.net/libre-friendly-hardware/d16-ryf-certfied) (FSF RYF certified)
Workstations:
- [Vikings D16 workstation](https://store.vikings.net/libre-friendly-hardware/vikings-d16-workstation)
- [Vikings D8 workstation](https://store.vikings.net/ryf-certified-hardware/d8ryf) (FSF RYF certified)
Laptops:
- [Vikings X200 laptop](https://store.vikings.net/libre-friendly-hardware/x200-ryf-certfied) (FSF RYF certified)
Home page:
<https://store.vikings.net/>
Other sources
===============
Workshops/hackerspaces
---------
You may have a GNU+Linux User Group, free software workshop or hackerspace near
you that can help you with installing Libreboot, for instance.
Sellers on e-commerce platforms
---------------
On various e-commerce platforms (such as ebay) and in various countries, you
can search for Libreboot and you may find some individual sellers providing
Libreboot-preinstalled hardware.
Quality and dependability of these suppliers may differ from the experience
from the shops on this web site.
Some of them also provide choice of GNU+Linux distribution, or they may provide
services where you can ship your Libreboot-compatible device to them and they
would install Libreboot for you.
This can be useful for some people, but due to the nature of these platforms,
we cannot link listings since they are regularly deleted due to expiration
(some sellers may choose to have longer listings, or renew expired listings).
Notable platforms that might offer Libreboot hardware are eBay, AliExpress,
mercado livre (available for several South American countries).
**If you are considering purchasing from a supplier on eBay, make sure to read
their feedback comments for other products that they sell, and check their
seller rating. Don't get duped by a bad seller!**