cannedtuna@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoHow do you even pronounce UEFI?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square182linkfedilinkarrow-up1750arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1741arrow-down1imageHow do you even pronounce UEFI?lemmy.worldcannedtuna@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square182linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareZozano@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·3 days ago This will cause a Linux machine to reboot directly into the UEFI. That’s weird, on my machine it reboots me directly into the BIOS. Sidenote: if you dualboot, I can’t recommend enough setting up a desktop entry which runs this command: systemctl reboot --boot-loader-entry=auto-windows It’s basically a one-click Windows launcher.
minus-squaredb2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·3 days agoI tried it but nothing happened. Mainly because I wouldn’t let Windows touch bare metal anymore for anything.
minus-squareKeenFlame@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 days agoAnd even if I was dead in the ground would I rise again if someone tried to insert Windows into my usb-holes
minus-squareDanitos@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days ago Sidenote: if you dualboot, I can’t recommend enough setting up a desktop entry which runs this command: Excuse my ignorance, but what’s the difference between this and GRUB?
minus-squareinfinitesunrise@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 days agoYou have to interrupt the boot process to make a selection in grub, the one-liner above makes that one-time selection for you in advance. So you can walk away and get a coffee while your computer does the OS switch.
minus-squareKeenFlame@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoThey don’t have to time it. It’s a full blown second industrial revolution
That’s weird, on my machine it reboots me directly into the BIOS.
Sidenote: if you dualboot, I can’t recommend enough setting up a desktop entry which runs this command:
systemctl reboot --boot-loader-entry=auto-windowsIt’s basically a one-click Windows launcher.
I tried it but nothing happened. Mainly because I wouldn’t let Windows touch bare metal anymore for anything.
And even if I was dead in the ground would I rise again if someone tried to insert Windows into my usb-holes
Excuse my ignorance, but what’s the difference between this and GRUB?
You have to interrupt the boot process to make a selection in grub, the one-liner above makes that one-time selection for you in advance. So you can walk away and get a coffee while your computer does the OS switch.
They don’t have to time it. It’s a full blown second industrial revolution