Das U-Boot Alternatives
Das U-Boot is described as 'The "Universal Bootloader" ("Das U-Boot"), commonly shortened to U-Boot, is an open source primary bootloader for embedded systems' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are five alternatives to Das U-Boot for Linux, BSD, Windows, Mac and Haiku. The best Das U-Boot alternative is coreboot, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Das U-Boot are Libreboot, SeaBios, petitboot and XTIDE Universal BIOS.
coreboot (formerly known as LinuxBIOS) is a free software project aimed at replacing the proprietary BIOS firmware found in most computers with a lightweight system designed to perform only the minimum of tasks necessary to load and run a modern 32-bit or 64-bit operating system.
- - coreboot is the most popular Linux alternative to Das U-Boot.
- - coreboot is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Das U-Boot.
Libreboot
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo8 Libreboot alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Boot Manager
- Linux
- BSD
Libreboot is a free software project based on coreboot, aimed at replacing the proprietary BIOS firmware contained by most computers. Libreboot is a lightweight system designed to perform only the minimum number of tasks necessary to load and...
SeaBios
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
5 SeaBios alternatives- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Haiku
SeaBIOS is an open source implementation of a 16bit X86 BIOS. SeaBIOS can run in an emulator or it can run natively on X86 hardware with the use of coreboot.
- - SeaBios is the most popular Windows & Mac alternative to Das U-Boot.
SeaBios Features
petitboot
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo8 petitboot alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Boot Manager
- Linux
Petitboot is a platform independent bootloader based on the Linux kexec warm reboot mechanism. Petitboot supports loading kernel, initrd and device tree files from any Linux mountable filesystem, plus can load files from the network using the FTP, SFTP, TFTP, NFS, HTTP and HTTPS...
XTIDE Universal BIOS
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo5 XTIDE Universal BIOS alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Windows
- Linux
XTIDE Universal BIOS makes it possible to use modern large ATA hard disks or Compact Flash cards on old PC's. You can then enjoy quiet or noiseless drives with more capacity than you'll ever need for old computers.
DiscontinuedNo recent development, the project site is archived.