Re: [gentoo-user] Can I suppress the bleep when shutting down?

[Neil Bothwick]

On Wed, 21 Oct 2015 10:23:46 +0000, Alan Mackenzie wrote:

> "Modern" UEFI firmware not reporting such errors, if such be the case,
> would be one of the reasons for me to depise UEFI as I do.

I can't see that being true.

>  Why do I
> need UEFI?  A traditional BIOS can boot my machine just fine, and the
> sole purpose of UEFI seems to be to prevent OS's which aren't Microsoft
> Windows from booting, and to brick certain Samsung laptops.

You seem to be confusing UEFI with Secure Boot.

For me, the greatest benefit of UEFI is that I no longer have to deal
with GRUB.


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Neil Bothwick

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 and I'm not sure about the the universe."
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