On Fri, 22 May 2015 23:53:14 -0700 Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> wrote: > > Researching a laptop purchase (within the next 6 months or so) to > replace my aging Desktop (1 to 8.5 years depending on which parts). > Going to abandoned the Big Box forever. Need to be very portable in > the next year or two. Two questions to begin: > > 1. Many laptops seem to only be able to turn off Secure Boot through > the OS, Windows 8.x, or so I've researched. However, I've read some > makes (Asus, Lenovo, Dell and HP) can do it directly through "BIOS" > without needing to boot Windows? True? Any others? I don't have a laptop myself (don't like them), but every one I've seen so far has had a switch to disable Secure Boot in the BIOS. AFAIK, that switch is mandatory to adhere to the "Built For Windows 8" MS program, although it is only optional for the coming Windows 10 program. That might be something to watch out for. If this is going to become a real problem or not, we will just have to wait and see. > 2. How UEFI compatible is Debian Wheezy? What I'm running on the > Desktop. Or is Jessie the better choice. Or something else > entirely? Except Ubuntu variants (Hate it!). I don't want to run in > Legacy mode for future compatibility. I won't be installing a > desktop, just a window manager. Probably Openbox. You can find details here: https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch03s06.html.en#UEFI I believe the Canonical people have put some effort into becoming fully Secure Boot-compliant, but if you do not like them, then that is not an option. There are also others (RedHat?) but I can't remember who. Petter -- "I'm ionized" "Are you sure?" "I'm positive."
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