Re: [LAU] NOW - UEFI

On Fri, 2014-08-29 at 18:39 +0545, dale wrote: Now this is something that has been harder for me to get my head around than benefit/disadvantages to HT! When I got this laptop it had Window7 pre-installed with a bunch of Lenovo software on it. At the time I know nothing of changes from BIOS to UEFI! One of the first things I did was install Ubuntu Studio 12.04 on it, using Legacy mode as I wasn't sure if it was UEFI compatible and my laptop seems to allow both. This has caused various headaches I have kind learned to live with. Main one being relating to screen brightness. If I set a low default screen brightness in Windows then it seems to change the range of brightness Linux can display. This was even more noticable when running LiveUSB distros! I actually couldn't get the screen bright enough to see what I was doing without setting the level within Windows bright again! Then I read (or skimmed) this yesterday and feel even more confused. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/UEFI But I am starting to think I should try enabling it with a Linux install. Especially as I plan to completely banish Windows from the computer now... But I thought I would ask what more experienced Linux users have to say about UEFI mode vs BIOS/Legacy mode. Again thanks for all the help. Dale.