Re:Fedora considers deprecating legacy BIOS
by justsomehnguy on Thursday April 21, 2022 @02:33PM
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>because EFI booting does not have any advantage, only disadvantage
For an already installed system it doesn't really matters, so the point is moot here.
But for the new systems setup I would always prefer a UEFI (with or without SecureBoot) because it allows to expose the HID management of the onboard/expansion board controllers, a proper way to return to the management/boot menu in the case of the failed boot.
Sure, it doesn't always work good, but neither BIOS/CMS.
However, the vast majority of server or desktop motherboards and of laptops still have the option for legacy BIOS booting, even if the option may be difficult to find in the BIOS menus.
I have about a dozen servers, desktops and laptops and I have configured all of them to use legacy BIOS booting, because EFI booting does not have any advantage, only disadvantages.
It would have been very easy to replace the ugly legacy BIOS booting method with a simple and clean method for booting, but unfortunately those who made the EFI specification have failed to achieve this goal.