Libreboot 26.10 "Ominous Olive" released with UEFI, Chromebook support

kyrra

They don't seem to like AI. https://codeberg.org/libreboot/lbmk/src/branch/master/AGENTS...

AdmiralAsshat

> Imported all 233 currently supported Chromebooks from the MrChromebox coreboot distro. Baytrail (Kip) tested - others need testing. Source-only in this release (must build from source, no binaries provided). Nice. I think I loaded MrChromebox onto my Google Pixel some years ago. I should see if it can get Libreboot now.

iamnothere

Everyone’s focusing on the AI policy (perhaps because Leah for some reason said this was the most important part of the release), but the UEFI/EDK integration and Chromebook support is a massive step forward. Suddenly Libreboot has multiplied the devices available by many times, and future devices will be much easier to add. This is huge.

cwiggs

Wow, this is awesome! This relates to work I've been doing with the [Heads]( https://osresearch.net/ ) project. Specifically I got a PR merged for the first ChromeOS Port using MrChromebox's code as an upstream dependency: https://github.com/linuxboot/heads/pull/2133 I'm now working on the 2nd ChromeOS device in this PR right now: https://github.com/linuxboot/heads/pull/2225 And there is a 3rd port by someone else: https://github.com/linuxboot/heads/pull/2219 I'm surprised Libreboot was able to add all the ChromeOS devices at once, Just adding the 2 ports for Heads hasn't been easy, although I'm not an expert when it comes to Coreboot. Anyway, I love seeing more support for Chromebooks, they are great devices. Funny enough my Acer Chromebook (Kano) is now more open and more secure than my Framework 13s.

cpburns2009

I thought Chromebooks natively came with Coreboot support.

lf88

It's refreshing to see serious open-source projects adopting a strict policy on LLM-assisted contributions. Besides considering frontier LLMs a serious threat to humanity, I find LLM-assisted programming simply...not fun! I tolerate only AI-assisted bug reports, as they are genuinely useful.

bassie123

Nice! I took a 250eu chromebook, turned it into my Linux laptop perfect little machine. A bit slow but 4 cores + 8gb ram will do.

Krei-se

I'm on a libreboot-only infrastructure and can recommend. It's easy to do and you dont need to keep track of how to configure coreboot. It just works and that's great.

ChocolateGod

If it runs on Chromebooks does that mean Chromebooks can be made into generic UEFI laptops? This is interesting given Googlebooks actually use the same boot process as Chromebooks, they just chain into aboot.

peter_d_sherman

>"Libreboot is free, open source boot firmware replacing proprietary BIOS/ UEFI firmware on supported Intel/AMD and ARM64 hardware." [...] MrChromebox supports nearly every Chromebook ..." This is great news! Finally an open-source UEFI replacement which can work on nearly every Chromebook, including used/old Chromebooks! Now, I haven't reviewed the source... it may still contain binary blobs for various drivers; I don't know. If it doesn't, then that's absolutely awesome! But if it does, then remember that having some of the UEFI firmware code open-source is a huge step forward, and it's only a matter of time before those closed-source binary blobs are reverse engineered (possibly by AI) and/or rewritten from scratch entirely, as open-source codebases... So, a good step forward for open-source, right-to-repair, understandability of the boot chain, the Chromebook hardware ecosystem (used and new), and tranparency in general!

inventor7777

Neat project. I find their new anti-AI policy to be interesting, but not at all useful to anyone. There are no objective arguments. No evidence of poor code quality in late 2026. No examples of why AI can't help the project. Just a rant. I am very glad to see people with opinions that flow into what they do, but the question becomes: are you trying to make the best software, or make the most idealistic software? There's a big difference. I am not at all advocating the use of straight AI slop, but with a policy like that you're opening yourself up for missed bugs, security issues, delayed features, and other things. Especially if you move away from software just because an AI wrote one line of code in it. You can still review the code. If it does the thing right, then use it!

shrubble

Impressive - and I have several "Edgar" class Acer chromebooks with full aluminum cases and 1920x1080p sharp screens - will be testing this out.