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335724ad | 1 years ago (raw) | export | reply | flag 
 Just a reminder:

DO NOT…

… buy hardware that does not support standards-based boot, or does not provide the affordances for standards-based boot to live outside of the operating system storage media.
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335724ad | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Also, DO repeat, retoot, reblorp, share, copy, paste, cite, not cite, this message. If you want to.
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翠星石 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @335724ad My advise would be avoid purchasing hardware that won't even turn on without proprietary software, with digital handcuffs that prevent replacement of such software, as such will prevent the future installation of GNUboot or u-boot.

Even if a computer supports UEFI, there's a problem if nobody is allowed to fix the many bugs in the bootloader.