On 9/15/2025 2:53 PM, Go Canes wrote:
On Mon, Sep 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM home user via users
<users@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote:
The term "BIOS" seems to be overloaded. It seems to have a broad
meaning referring to "firmware", "software" that is "built-in" to the
motherboard (or CPU?). It also seems to have a narrower meaning (for
desktops) referring to firmware other than "UEFI".
BIOS was originally the Basic Input/Output System (or Service)
provided on the motherboard that allowed you to control various
aspects of the hardware.
UEFI is more-or-less the modern replacement for BIOS, but is still
commonly referred to as "BIOS".
Both BIOS and UEFI are typically firmware and can be upgraded (or
downgraded within limits).
Do I have any choice or control over whether the new desktop (already
ordered) will be UEFI or the older BIOS, or is that already set once the
hardware has been put together?
Any modern system will be UEFI. It *may* provide an option for
"legacy BIOS" support. OS's in general are moving away from (legacy)
BIOS - you really want UEFI. If you want to enable Secure Boot that
will *require* UEFI. You should want Secure Boot unless you have a
strong reason not to.
ok. Thank-you.
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