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Interesting overview. I just dislike how it sets the tone with the 'everything on the internet is crap except for what my Red Hat buddies and I say' intro which
by pgeorgi 12y ago
Interesting overview. I just dislike how it sets the tone with the 'everything on the internet is crap except for what my Red Hat buddies and I say' intro which is then followed up with several minor inaccuracies in the text.
- naner 12y agoIt was a pretty good overview, the secureboot stuff was needlessly condescending. Referring to UEFI as the "BIOS" is incorrect but is used commonly in the "IT World" (along with loads of other incorrect stuff...). The BIOS is understood as the thing where you configure basic hardware settings. I don't know if we're going to win that battle. The Windows equivalent of efibootmgr is bcdedit. It isn't well documented. In general, I think if you have the option to use UEFI and GPT they are better than the alternatives. I disable Secure Boot when installing Linux but I haven't installed it alongside Win 8 yet. The "you have to be in UEFI mode to install an UEFI-bootable OS" is an important point.
- crdoconnor 12y ago>I just dislike how it sets the tone with the 'everything on the internet is crap except for what my Red Hat buddies and I say' The UEFI world seems to be very clubby. I suspect its arcaneness and the lucrative nature of working in it contributes to this. I've seen this patronizing straw man "you don't know the spec like I do" from a few other UEFI blog posts, too.