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Will Ubuntu 14.04 Have Improved UEFI Support Or Will We Be Using Boot-repair For The Next 5 Years?

rated 0 times [ 2] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 6869 / 3 Years ago, tue, june 15, 2021, 3:51:20

Everyday I see questions on here about someone unable to get Ubuntu to play nice with UEFI. They are soon reminded they aren't in Kansas anymore, told to follow the yellow brick road, see the wizard, and ask him for boot-repair. I'm not complaining I understand the widespread adoption of UEFI hardware is new and developing stable software takes time, but I am wondering if any progress has been made that will be incorporated into the new 14.04 Long Term Support release as I've been unable to find any news on this. I did stumble upon some postings about improved Secure Boot support, but I'm more concerned with UEFI support itself than the Secure Boot feature which I don't use.

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answered 3 Years ago unsmmoth · Accepted Answer

Don't listen to these people. UEFI is a replacement for BIOS, it's been around for years, efi has long been promoted by Apple, and has nothing to do with Microsoft. Microsoft has required manufacturers installing OEM windows 8 to ship with secure boot enabled thus twisting their arms into installing Windows in UEFI mode. This was done to help protect consumers who aren't tech savy, and Microsoft believes if you're tech savy enough to be dual booting you can find the on/off switch for secure boot. If your computer is less than 5 years old you probably have the 1.1 version of UEFI, but the system likely shipped in legacy mode since UEFI wasn't commonly used by PCs yet. As for UEFI support both Windows and OSX have supported it for years, even the IA version of XP supported it, it's not their fault we're not keeping with the times. UEFI is easier to backup and the secure boot option is a big help in the banking industry.

Ubuntu 14.04 will have a beta version of Grub2 that will have UEFI support improvements.

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/01/grub-2-beta-ubuntu-14-04-lts