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authorMarkus Meissner <coder@safemailbox.de>2023-11-01 17:07:36 +0100
committerFelix Singer <service+coreboot-gerrit@felixsinger.de>2023-11-02 16:32:59 +0000
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Documentation: order distributions alphabetically
Change-Id: I95d4347791988087d90992b45120ff34ba2da1c5 Signed-off-by: Markus Meissner <coder@safemailbox.de> Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/78864 Reviewed-by: Felix Singer <service+coreboot-gerrit@felixsinger.de> Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org>
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@@ -8,6 +8,15 @@ and those providing after-market firmware to extend the usefulness of devices.
## Hardware shipping with coreboot
+### ChromeOS Devices
+
+All ChromeOS devices ([Chromebooks](https://chromebookdb.com/), Chromeboxes,
+Chromebit, etc) released from 2012 onward use coreboot for their main system
+firmware. Additionally, starting with the 2013 Chromebook Pixel, the firmware
+running on the Embedded Controller (EC) – a small microcontroller which provides
+functions like battery management, keyboard support, and sensor interfacing –
+is open source as well.
+
### Nitrokey
[Nitrokey](https://nitrokey.com) is a german IT security hardware vendor which
@@ -27,15 +36,6 @@ Windows compatibility. NovaCustom ensures security updates via fwupd for 5 years
and the firmware is equipped with important security features such as measured
boot, verified boot, TPM integration and UEFI Secure Boot.
-### ChromeOS Devices
-
-All ChromeOS devices ([Chromebooks](https://chromebookdb.com/), Chromeboxes,
-Chromebit, etc) released from 2012 onward use coreboot for their main system
-firmware. Additionally, starting with the 2013 Chromebook Pixel, the firmware
-running on the Embedded Controller (EC) – a small microcontroller which provides
-functions like battery management, keyboard support, and sensor interfacing –
-is open source as well.
-
### PC Engines APUs
[PC Engines](https://pcengines.ch) designs and sells embedded PC hardware that
@@ -43,6 +43,13 @@ ships with coreboot and support upstream maintenance for the devices through a
third party, [3mdeb](https://3mdeb.com). They provide current and tested
firmware binaries on [GitHub](https://pcengines.github.io).
+### Purism
+
+[Purism](https://www.puri.sm) sells laptops with a focus on user privacy and
+security; part of that effort is to minimize the amount of proprietary and/or
+binary code. Their laptops ship with a blob-free OS and coreboot firmware
+with a neutralized Intel Management Engine (ME) and SeaBIOS as the payload.
+
### Star Labs
[Star Labs](https://starlabs.systems/) offers a range of laptops designed and
@@ -57,23 +64,8 @@ servers. Some models are sold with [System76 Open
Firmware](https://github.com/system76/firmware-open), an open source
distribution of coreboot, edk2, and System76 firmware applications.
-### Purism
-
-[Purism](https://www.puri.sm) sells laptops with a focus on user privacy and
-security; part of that effort is to minimize the amount of proprietary and/or
-binary code. Their laptops ship with a blob-free OS and coreboot firmware
-with a neutralized Intel Management Engine (ME) and SeaBIOS as the payload.
-
## After-market firmware
-### Libreboot
-
-[Libreboot](https://libreboot.org) is a downstream coreboot distribution that
-provides ready-made firmware images for supported devices: those which can be
-built entirely from source code. Their copy of the coreboot repository is
-therefore stripped of all devices that require binary components to boot.
-
-
### Dasharo
[Dasharo](https://dasharo.com/) is an open-source based firmware distribution
@@ -84,18 +76,6 @@ trustworthiness for all.
Contributions are welcome,
[this document](https://docs.dasharo.com/ways-you-can-help-us/).
-### MrChromebox
-
-[MrChromebox](https://mrchromebox.tech/) provides upstream coreboot firmware
-images for the vast majority of x86-based Chromebooks and Chromeboxes, using
-edk2 as the payload to provide a modern UEFI bootloader. Why replace
-coreboot with coreboot? Mr Chromebox's images are built using upstream
-coreboot (vs Google's older, static tree/branch), include many features and
-fixes not found in the stock firmware, and offer much broader OS compatibility
-(i.e., they run Windows as well as Linux). They also offer updated CPU
-microcode, as well as firmware updates for the device's embedded controller
-(EC). This firmware "takes the training wheels off" your ChromeOS device :)
-
### Heads
[Heads](http://osresearch.net) is an open source custom firmware and OS
@@ -109,6 +89,25 @@ Heads is not just another Linux distribution – it combines physical hardening
of specific hardware platforms and flash security features with custom coreboot
firmware and a Linux boot loader in ROM.
+### Libreboot
+
+[Libreboot](https://libreboot.org) is a downstream coreboot distribution that
+provides ready-made firmware images for supported devices: those which can be
+built entirely from source code. Their copy of the coreboot repository is
+therefore stripped of all devices that require binary components to boot.
+
+### MrChromebox
+
+[MrChromebox](https://mrchromebox.tech/) provides upstream coreboot firmware
+images for the vast majority of x86-based Chromebooks and Chromeboxes, using
+edk2 as the payload to provide a modern UEFI bootloader. Why replace
+coreboot with coreboot? Mr Chromebox's images are built using upstream
+coreboot (vs Google's older, static tree/branch), include many features and
+fixes not found in the stock firmware, and offer much broader OS compatibility
+(i.e., they run Windows as well as Linux). They also offer updated CPU
+microcode, as well as firmware updates for the device's embedded controller
+(EC). This firmware "takes the training wheels off" your ChromeOS device :)
+
### Skulls
[Skulls](https://github.com/merge/skulls) provides firmware images for