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<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en" dir="ltr"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta name="description" content=""> <meta name="keywords" content="libreboot, coreboot, canoeboot, opensource, libre, free software, bios, uefi"> <meta name="generator" content="pandoc"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=yes"> <link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="/favicon.ico"> <link rel="canonical" href="https://libreboot.org/contact.html" />  <meta property="og:title" content="Libreboot – Contact the Libreboot project"> <meta property="og:type" content="article" /> <meta property="og:image" content="https://av.vimuser.org/bootmenu.jpg"> <meta property="og:url" content="https://libreboot.org/contact.html"> <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image"> <meta property="og:description" content="Libreboot – Contact the Libreboot project"> <meta property="og:site_name" content="Libreboot – Contact the Libreboot project"> <meta name="twitter:image:alt" content="Libreboot – Contact the Libreboot project"> <title>Libreboot – Contact the Libreboot project</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/global.css"> <link rel="stylesheet" href=""> <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="RSS Feed" href="/feed.xml"/> </head> <body> <div class="page"> <header> <div class="title" onclick="location.href='/';"> <p class="title-logo"> <a href="/"><img loading="lazy" class="title-logo" alt="Libreboot logo" src="/favicon.ico" /></a> </p> <h1 class="title">Contact the Libreboot project</h1> </div> <ul> <li><a href="/">Home</a></li> <li><a href="/faq.html">FAQ</a></li> <li><a href="/download.html">Download</a></li> <li><a href="/git.html">Git</a></li> <li style="font-size:1.3em;"><em><strong><a href="https://minifree.org/">Buy Libreboot preinstalled</a></strong></em></li> <li><a href="/docs/install/">Install</a></li> <li><a href="/docs/">Docs</a></li> <li><a href="/news/">News</a></li> <li><a href="https://codeberg.org/libreboot/lbmk/issues">Bugs</a></li> <li><a href="/contact.html">Contact</a></li> <li style="font-size:1.3em;"><em><strong><a href="https://www.patreon.com/libreleah">Donate</a></strong></em></li> <li><a href="/other.html">Other coreboot distros</a></li> </ul> <hr/> </header> <nav id="TOC"> <h2>Navigate this page:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="#buy-libreboot-pre-installed">Buy Libreboot pre-installed</a></li> <li><a href="#user-support">User support</a></li> <li><a href="#mailing-list">Mailing list</a></li> <li><a href="#development-discussion">Development discussion</a></li> <li><a href="#irc-chatroom">IRC chatroom</a></li> <li><a href="#social-media">Social media</a> <ul> <li><a href="#mastodon">Mastodon</a></li> <li><a href="#reddit">Reddit</a></li> </ul></li> </ul> </nav> <div class="pagetext"> <p><a href="contact.html">English</a> | <a href="contact.de.html">Deutsch</a> | <a href="contact.fr.html">Français</a> | <a href="contact.it.html">Italiano</a> | <a href="contact.ru.html">русский</a> | <a href="contact.uk.html">українська</a></p> <p><a href="./">Return to index</a></p> <div class="h"><h2 id="buy-libreboot-pre-installed">Buy Libreboot pre-installed</h2><a aria-hidden="true" href="#buy-libreboot-pre-installed">[link]</a></div> <p>If you want professional installation, Minifree Ltd sells <a href="https://minifree.org/">Libreboot pre-installed</a> on select hardware, and it also provides a <a href="https://minifree.org/product/installation-service/">Libreboot preinstall service</a> if you want to send your machine in to have Libreboot installed for you.</p> <p>Leah Rowe, the founder and lead developer of Libreboot, also owns and operates Minifree Ltd; sales provide funding for the Libreboot project.</p> <p>If you’re installing Libreboot yourself, support for that is also available. Contact information (IRC, mailing list etc) is below:</p> <div class="h"><h2 id="user-support">User support</h2><a aria-hidden="true" href="#user-support">[link]</a></div> <p>IRC or Reddit are recommended, if you wish to ask for support (IRC recommended). See below for information about IRC and Reddit.</p> <div class="h"><h2 id="mailing-list">Mailing list</h2><a aria-hidden="true" href="#mailing-list">[link]</a></div> <p>Libreboot has this mailing list: <a href="https://lists.sr.ht/~libreboot/libreboot" class="uri">https://lists.sr.ht/~libreboot/libreboot</a></p> <p>The email address is <a href="mailto:~libreboot/libreboot@lists.sr.ht">~libreboot/libreboot@lists.sr.ht</a></p> <div class="h"><h2 id="development-discussion">Development discussion</h2><a aria-hidden="true" href="#development-discussion">[link]</a></div> <p>See notes on <a href="git.html">the Git page</a> for information about how to assist with development.</p> <p>Instructions are also on that page for sending patches (via pull requests).</p> <div class="h"><h2 id="irc-chatroom">IRC chatroom</h2><a aria-hidden="true" href="#irc-chatroom">[link]</a></div> <p>IRC is the main way to contact the libreboot project. <code>#libreboot</code> on Libera IRC.</p> <p>Webchat: <a href="https://web.libera.chat/#libreboot" class="uri">https://web.libera.chat/#libreboot</a></p> <p>Libera is one of the largest IRC networks, used for Libre Software projects. Find more about them here: <a href="https://libera.chat/" class="uri">https://libera.chat/</a></p> <p>If you wish to connect using your preferred client (such as weechat or irssi), the connection info is as follows:</p> <ul> <li>Server: <code>irc.libera.chat</code></li> <li>Channel: <code>#libreboot</code></li> <li>Port (TLS): <code>6697</code></li> <li>Port (non-TLS): <code>6667</code></li> </ul> <p>We recommend that you use port <code>6697</code> with TLS encryption enabled.</p> <p>It is recommend that you use SASL for authentication. These pages on the Libera website tells you how:</p> <ul> <li>WeeChat SASL guide: <a href="https://libera.chat/guides/weechat" class="uri">https://libera.chat/guides/weechat</a></li> <li>Irssi SASL guide: <a href="https://libera.chat/guides/irssi" class="uri">https://libera.chat/guides/irssi</a></li> <li>HexChat SASL guide: <a href="https://libera.chat/guides/hexchat" class="uri">https://libera.chat/guides/hexchat</a></li> </ul> <p>In general, you should check the documentation provided by your IRC software.</p> <div class="h"><h2 id="social-media">Social media</h2><a aria-hidden="true" href="#social-media">[link]</a></div> <p>libreboot exists officially on many places.</p> <div class="h"><h3 id="mastodon">Mastodon</h3><a aria-hidden="true" href="#mastodon">[link]</a></div> <p>The founder and lead developer, Leah Rowe, is on Mastodon:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://mas.to/@libreleah" class="uri">https://mas.to/@libreleah</a></li> </ul> <p>Leah can also be contacted by this email address: <a href="mailto:leah@libreboot.org">leah@libreboot.org</a></p> <div class="h"><h3 id="reddit">Reddit</h3><a aria-hidden="true" href="#reddit">[link]</a></div> <p>Mostly used as a support channel, and also for news announcements: <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/libreboot/" class="uri">https://www.reddit.com/r/libreboot/</a></p> <div id="footer"> <hr /> <ul> <li><a href="/news/policy.html">Binary Blob Reduction Policy</a></li> <li><a href="/freedom-status.html">Freedom status</a></li> <li><a href="https://canoeboot.org/">Canoeboot</a></li> <li><a href="/git.html">Edit this page</a></li> <li><a href="/license.html">License</a></li> <li><a href="/template-license.html">Template</a></li> <li><a href="/logo-license.html">Logo</a></li> <li><a href="/contrib.html">Authors</a></li> </ul> <hr /> </div> <p>Markdown file for this page: <a href="https://libreboot.org/contact.md" class="uri">https://libreboot.org/contact.md</a></p> <p><a href="/feed.xml">Subscribe to RSS for this site</a></p> <p><a href="/sitemap.html">Site map</a></p> <p>This HTML page was generated by the <a href="https://libreboot.org/docs/sitegen/">Libreboot Static Site Generator</a>.</p> </div> </div> </body> </html>