Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Thu 8th Feb 2007 22:07 UTC, submitted by Floris Lambrechts
Privacy, Security, Encryption More than one million devices have already shipped with LinuxBIOS, and the growth is continuing. In his interview for the upcoming FOSDEM 2007 conference, LinuxBIOS creator Ronald Minnich talks about vendor support, the One Laptop Per Child BIOS, and his reluctance towards EFI.
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RE: EFI vs LinuxBIOS
by Oliver on Thu 8th Feb 2007 23:00 UTC in reply to "EFI vs LinuxBIOS"
Oliver
Member since:
2006-07-15

>And how And how is LinxBIOS in terms of Overclocking etc. is LinxBIOS in terms of Overclocking etc.

If you want to play with your computer, go with Windows. Everyone with a sane mind wouldn't do such a nonsense.

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RE[2]: EFI vs LinuxBIOS
by hhcv on Thu 8th Feb 2007 23:03 in reply to "RE: EFI vs LinuxBIOS"
hhcv Member since:
2005-11-12

Everyone with a sane mind wouldn't do such a nonsense.
And people with a sane one would go compile their own kernels, for example?

Sometimes I think us non-windows users are a bunch of masochists.

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RE[3]: EFI vs LinuxBIOS
by Oliver on Thu 8th Feb 2007 23:16 in reply to "RE[2]: EFI vs LinuxBIOS"
Oliver Member since:
2006-07-15

Comparing apples with oranges is usus nowadays I guess?

>And people with a sane one would go compile their own kernels, for example?

But this is to some extent true too, nobody in BSD would do it without need for example ;)
But the nonsense begins, if you're seeing a need in overclocking your hardware. Some people call this an error in reasoning.

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RE[3]: EFI vs LinuxBIOS
by flywheel on Fri 9th Feb 2007 12:00 in reply to "RE[2]: EFI vs LinuxBIOS"
flywheel Member since:
2005-12-28

Funny, I haven't compled a single kernel in ten years ;)

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RE[2]: EFI vs LinuxBIOS
by BluenoseJake on Fri 9th Feb 2007 16:52 in reply to "RE: EFI vs LinuxBIOS"
BluenoseJake Member since:
2005-08-11

Why would you say that? I consider trying different OS's, hardware and settings as playing. Your attitude doesn't help OSS, and it doesn't help regular users learn about OSS or different ways of doing things.

I bet you treat your users like that too, if you have any, if you don't, thank god

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