alt Hacker News> The purpose of UEFI + GPT was to make it so you couldn't run DOS, Win3.x, W9x, Wxp, Vista, W7, and Linux ever again on bare metal.
> Not without CSM. The key UEFI module.
Linux works perfectly fine with GPT, UEFI and even Secure Boot though?
> The purpose of UEFI + GPT was to make it so you couldn't run DOS, Win3.x, W9x, Wxp, Vista, W7, and Linux ever again on bare metal.
> Not without CSM. The key UEFI module.
Linux works perfectly fine with GPT, UEFI and even Secure Boot though?
The Microsoft SecureBoot is the shitshow.
It took Linux a while to accommodate it but it seems to be OK for a few years now.
Windows 7 was the biggest threat to W8 adoption anyway and this was part of a complete strategy to nip it in the bud.
Take everything else down as collateral damage :(