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toddaa

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12. UEFI and Secure Boot are not the same thing

Reply to hobbit709 (Reply #6)

Sun Mar 10, 2013, 04:19 PM

Mar 2013

Secure boot, by itself, is actually a good idea. As long as you own the keys. Otherwise, it's restricted boot.

https://www.fsf.org/campaigns/campaigns/secure-boot-vs-restricted-boot

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Can anybody explain why people like UEFI? [View all] Recursion Mar 2013 OP

i don't know if i *like* uefi but as a mac user.. Phillip McCleod Mar 2013 #1

Pre-Intel Macs' firmware utterly spanked UEFI sir pball Mar 2013 #11

It gets us past 1980 boot technology? Warren Stupidity Mar 2013 #2

What was lacking about 1980 boot technology? (nt) Recursion Mar 2013 #3

If you've ever dealt with bios code you wouldn't ask that question. Warren Stupidity Mar 2013 #4

I write Forth code, sometimes for boot sectors Recursion Mar 2013 #5

You write Forth, you must have used OpenFirmware. sir pball Mar 2013 #8

I love OF Recursion Mar 2013 #9

I'll give UEFI a teensy bit of credit for at least trying sir pball Mar 2013 #10

Damfino. hobbit709 Mar 2013 #6

I think we know why Microsoft likes it (nt) pokerfan Mar 2013 #7

UEFI and Secure Boot are not the same thing toddaa Mar 2013 #12

If it's in the UEFi then as far as I'm concerned it's part of it. hobbit709 Mar 2013 #13

Lenovo's implementation of UEFI is the problem toddaa Mar 2013 #14

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