R.L. Dane    🍵 20h ago

#TIL that there are #UEFI-only computers being sold now with no legacy BIOS compatibility mode.

That kind of sucks for experimenting with alternative OSes.

I've heard there's a software shim in development to replace this lost functionality, but it's still very early/alpha/basic/incomplete.

Show threadGuy who's trying his best :(18h ago
@rl_dane I'm not even joking, if I meet the dipshit that created UEFI, I _will_ give them a piece of my mind, and it will _not_ be kind.
Show threadR.L. Dane    🍵 17h ago

@OpenComputeDesign

We're addicted to overcomplexity.

Show threadkabel4216h ago
@rl_dane @OpenComputeDesign not implementing the bios compatibility when your customers don't need it seems like a reduction in complexity
Show threadGuy who's trying his best :(16h ago

@kabel42 @rl_dane

The problem is they removed the wrong part

Show threadkabel4216h ago
@OpenComputeDesign @rl_dane depends, if 99.9% of their customers use windows, well, that only works with efi afaik. Not even sure linux works without anymore
Show threadR.L. Dane    🍵 

@kabel42 @OpenComputeDesign

I think I have almost all my machines in compatibility mode, but that of course doesn't mean it's using BIOS.

Mar 27 at 5:02pmWeb