Re: Laptops, UEFI, Secure Boot and Debian
On Wed, 27 May 2015, Deb wrote:
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> On 27/05/15 05:21 PM, deloptes wrote:
> > Patrick Bartek wrote:
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> >> 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 recently replaced my old notebook Dell D520 for Dell E5440 ( 8GB
> > RAM Intel i5 cpu).
> > Everything is working great. Later models like E7*** use the
> > DisplayLink technology for docking station and do not work with
> > Linux at all.
> >
> > Secure Boot and all other options can be (de)activated/configured
> > in the BIOS GUI.
> >
> >> 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.
> > I did not test UEFI, but should be supported and working.
> >
> > Other option I considered was HP ... I was looking for <1000€
> > replacement/solution, but somehow I liked Dell over HP.
> >
> > regards
> >
> >
> I just want to add that my Jessie 8.0 is fully UEFI-compatible and
> boots UEFI with zero issues. So did the netinstaller. But I don't
> remember whether I've ever seen Wheezy installed for UEFI boot.
Figured Jessie was, just NOT Secure Boot compatible. Have read
some more and Wheezy can do UEFI, too, if you use Expert mode in the
installer and set up the HD with a GPT.
B
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