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How I read the title: replacing a exploit-ridden software, with another exploit-ridden software (but this one is open source)

• azernik 9y ago
  Linux has undergone a lot more (hostile and friendly) penetration testing and bug-fixing than UEFI.
  • ryanlol 9y ago
    Linux is still certainly more "bug-ridden" than UEFI, because of size alone.
    • azernik 9y ago
      From the abstract: > UEFI is a proprietary and closed-source operating system, with a codebase almost as large as the Linux kernel... And this kernel build is a trimmed-down one, removing functionality that isn't necessary to initialize the hardware and boot the full kernel.
• hawski 9y ago
  The other one is also open source (maybe a bit less). However Linux should be a bit less exploit-ridden
  • nialv7 9y ago
    So there is the Intel reference implementation. But vendors are free to make changes, and their versions are not open source.