What is the coreboot version of the Librem 16?

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I added the Librem 16 to this table:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Librem#Comparison_of_laptops

But I do not know what the coreboot of the Librem 16 is. Where can I find that?

Also, it would not surprise me if the coreboot of the other Librem laptops in the above mentioned page is out of date.

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It should be coreboot 26.03: https://source.puri.sm/firmware/releases/-/blob/master/changelog.md?ref_type=heads#coreboot-2603-purism-1-2026-06-12.

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Maybe. Maybe not. Aren’t all Librem 16 laptops going to come with Pureboot? The Shop page doesn’t seem to offer a menu widget any more for choice of boot firmware (and hasn’t for some years).

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Coreboot is part of PureBoot.

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https://docs.puri.sm/Software/PureBoot/Overview.html

PureBoot is Purism’s cutting edge, complete secured boot process and combines a number of technologies, including:

Librem laptops came with coreboot pre-installed until November 2023. Librem computers since November 2023 come with PureBoot pre-installed.

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Question: Pureboot 30.1 (latest release for Librem16) is rebased on coreboot 26.03.
It is the first new version of PureBoot in a very long time (2 years). So I currently have the former release 30, which was at the time based on coreboot 24.02. This release 30 was never rebased on upstream coreboot - but I guess it worked fine with no bugs that would have needed a firmware update. Now we have this new release 30.1, which essentially is for the new hardware (Librem 16) + this “Enable coreboot serial console on Librem 16 to work around XHCI controller disappearing on resume from S3” commit.
I have been considering flashing the new 30.1 release on my older KBL hardware - but what would I gain from doing that? I don’t care about the newer arch for the librem 16 - nor for the serial console problem on S3 resume…
But since release 30 was never rebased from coreboot 24.02 on, would I gain something if I were to flash the newer ROM with the more recent coreboot 26.03?

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You will gain two major versions and one minor version.