On 08/29/2014 03:20 AM, dale wrote:
> On Fri, 2014-08-29 at 18:39 +0545, dale wrote:
>
>> Although that still begs the question of whether it being turned off in
>> BIOS/UFEI before or after installation actually makes any difference...
>>
>
> Now this is something that has been harder for me to get my head around
> than benefit/disadvantages to HT!
>
> When I got this laptop it had Window7 pre-installed with a bunch of
> Lenovo software on it. At the time I know nothing of changes from BIOS
> to UEFI! One of the first things I did was install Ubuntu Studio 12.04
> on it, using Legacy mode as I wasn't sure if it was UEFI compatible and
> my laptop seems to allow both.
>
> This has caused various headaches I have kind learned to live with. Main
> one being relating to screen brightness. If I set a low default screen
> brightness in Windows then it seems to change the range of brightness
> Linux can display. This was even more noticable when running LiveUSB
> distros! I actually couldn't get the screen bright enough to see what I
> was doing without setting the level within Windows bright again!
>
> Then I read (or skimmed) this yesterday and feel even more confused.
> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/UEFI
>
> But I am starting to think I should try enabling it with a Linux
> install. Especially as I plan to completely banish Windows from the
> computer now... But I thought I would ask what more experienced Linux
> users have to say about UEFI mode vs BIOS/Legacy mode.
>
> Again thanks for all the help. Dale.
Hmm, found this page at the Ubuntu Community about Ubuntu and UEFI.
Apparently it can be installed in SecureBoot mode. I don't know what
other distros can. I have Debian Sid on 2 machines here with EUFI, but
both are in BIOS/Legacy mode.
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