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On 3/27/25 12:42 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Sat, 22 Mar 2025 11:21:23 +0100, Marc Haber wrote:
> 
>>> Don't love UEFI at all
>>
>> You should! It's neat.
> 
> The idea may seem good, the execution seems to leave something to be
> desired. It’s supposed to be OS-independent, but in practice the vendors
> only test that it boots Windows OK before shipping. So it’s left to the
> developers of the other OSes (mainly Linux, of course) to add hacks to
> work around all the bugs and gaps in their implementations of the spec.

   Yep ... wound up seriously dedicated to Winders.

   Tricks/tweaks/pain associated with making it work OK
   with Linux and other stuff.

   STILL worry about it being 'vulnerable' - spying,
   hacking.

   IF it's practical to get non-UEFI boot then I still
   go that way.