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# Skulls - not quite Heads |
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# Skulls - not quite Heads |
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pre-built [coreboot](https://www.coreboot.org/) image and documentation on |
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how to flash them. |
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pre-built [coreboot](https://www.coreboot.org/) images with an easy |
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installation process |
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![seabios_bootmenu](x230/front.jpg) |
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![seabios_bootmenu](x230/front.jpg) |
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Skulls makes it easy to bring an _unlocked_, _up-to-date_ and _easy to use_ |
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coreboot-based BIOS to your laptop. |
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Skulls makes it easy to install an _unlocked_, _up-to-date_ and _easy to use_ |
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coreboot-based BIOS on your laptop. |
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* _unlocked_: software update after first-time flashing / no restrictions on connected hardware |
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* _unlocked_: software update after first-time flashing / no restrictions for connected hardware |
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* _easy to use_: SeaBIOS - simply a boot menu, compatible with Windows and Linux |
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* _easy to use_: SeaBIOS - simply a boot menu, compatible with Windows and Linux |
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* _up to date_: Frequently a new image with the latest versions of all components |
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* _up to date_: Frequently a new image with the latest versions of all components |
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## Supported Laptops |
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## Supported Laptops |
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* [Thinkpad X230](x230/README.md). |
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* [Lenovo Thinkpad X230](x230/README.md) |
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## When do we do a release? |
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## When do we do a release? |
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Either when |
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Either when |
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* There is a new SeaBIOS release, |
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* There is a new SeaBIOS release, |
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* There is a new Intel microcode release (for our CPU model), |
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* There is a new Intel microcode release (for our CPU model), |
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* There is a coreboot issue that affects us, or |
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* There is new coreboot development that affects us, or |
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* We change the config |
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* We change the config |
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## How we build |
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## How we build |
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## Alternatives |
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## Alternatives |
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We aim to be the easiest possible coreboot distribution - both |
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We aim to be the easiest possible coreboot distribution - both |
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to install and to use. And since our image is unlocked to enable easy |
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to install and to use. And since our flash image is unlocked to enable |
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software updates, it's easy to move to alternative systems from it: |
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software updates, it's easy to move to alternative systems from it: |
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* [Heads](http://osresearch.net/) - coreboot distribution |
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* [Heads](http://osresearch.net/) - a coreboot distribution |
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with pre-built (or reproducibly buildable) flash images (for the X230 and others). Heads |
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with pre-built (or reproducibly buildable) flash images (for the X230 and others). Heads |
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includes Linux, with tools to create a trusted boot chain using your GPG key |
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includes Linux, with tools to create a trusted boot chain using your GPG key |
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and the TPM. |
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and the TPM. |
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* [libreboot](https://libreboot.org/) - also a coreboot distribution with pre-built |
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* [libreboot](https://libreboot.org/) - a coreboot distribution with pre-built |
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image releases. The X230 is currently not supported (the X200 is) - libreboot |
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image releases. The X230 is currently not supported (the X200 is) - libreboot |
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images are built from free software only and include the GRUB bootloader. |
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images are built from free software only and include the GRUB bootloader. |