W10 pro budget board

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Volhout Guru Joined: 05/03/2018 Location: Netherlands Posts: 6101	Posted: 06:36pm 29 Dec 2020         hitsware2 said     HellbentHorse said     hitsware2 said   Save $ 5 Probably hard to use with Linux though ( UEFI ) I'd imagine it would be fine. UEFI is supported in just about all distros these days. Three of my Linux machines all run in UEFI mode currently. Will your machines boot from 'live' (usb) distros without going through the 'bios' ( or whatever it is called ) ? I.E... On my pre-uefi PC I have set the bios boot order for usb first. I put in a live Linux usb, turn it on, and it boots. With the uefi PC's, I must go to the 'bios' each time .... There is no boot order setting . By what I've seen, Ubuntu is uefi capable but not most distros. Since I don't have Windows, I can't try the Rufus route . Hi Hitsware, If you use live versions of Ubuntu (Ubuntu has a company sercurity key for UEFI) you can "teach" your UEFI bios to accept that key (add it to the whitelist). If you do, and insert the USB live distro stick, your PC will ask what UEFI OS it should start (at least my PC does). How your PC adds the Ubuntu key to the whitelist can be different per PC and BIO provider. Google is your best friend. Volhout Edited 2020-12-30 04:39 by Volhout