marlene wrote: ⤴Fri Apr 02, 2021 8:06 amI don't know whose invention is UEFI and to tell you the truth I don't really care. Why should I have to relearn how to operate my machine just because someone had the idea after 40 years that the BIOS that already runs in my machine is not good enough for it.
As for the EFI partition: I was prompt to create this by the OS's installer. I wouldn't make it otherwise. It came along with the 20.1 iso image for some unknown to me reason. I don't really understand why linux distros developers feel obliged to include this when most of the pcs come with a perfectly working BIOS that in most cases you set itup once and you never bother with it again.
You are totally not understanding this. You do not have to "relearn how to operate your machine". You bought a new machine which is different from the old machine. The change is due to the hardware and nothing to do with the OS. Older machines had plain BIOS while newer machines come with EFI. LM will work on both, legacy BIOS and EFI machines. I have installed LM on both types.
And, no, most if not all the machines that ship today use EFI and not legacy BIOS although many will allow the use of legacy BIOS.
Don't blame Linux. If you feel you absolutely must find someone to blame then, around here, Microsoft is a good bet.
I guess it is human nature to find some consolation in pinpointing the blame on someone but it is useless and futile. I remember, after some deadly airplane accident to the max, a reporter was interviewing some airline pilot and the reporter was very insistent on determining who was to blame. It seemed like the most important thing was to find who was guilty and responsible and the expert said something to the effect that there will be an investigation and the causes will be determined with the purpose of enhancing safety but investigations done with the purpose of assigning blame and responsibility do not increase air safety which is the primary purpose. And I think he was right in the sense that if people being interviewed are afraid they might become scapegoats they will not be totally helpful with the investigation.
Leon Degrelle was a German officer and in the last days of the war, when everything was lost, he was trying to escape towards Denmark and he met with Himmler who was very pessimistic and was putting blame on some people and looking for more to blame. Degrelle said
"When the situation becomes dire, fools look for someone to blame but the intelligent look for a solution. I am not a fool.
He was 39 years old at the time. He commandeered a Heinkel airplane and, with others, flew over occupied Europe and ran out of fuel just as they arrived in the northern coast of Spain where they crash landed. He suffered serious injuries but lived to age 87 doing business in real estate.
I think it is a good philosophy in life, when you encounter a problem to search for a solution and not for someone to blame.
I agree that EFI is a pain but it's not going away any time soon so it is best to learn to live with it.
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