Patrick Bartek wrote: > > Researching a laptop purchase (within the next 6 months or so) to replace > my aging Desktop (1 to 8.5 years depending on which parts). Going to > abandoned the Big Box forever. Need to be very portable in the next year > or two. Two questions to begin: > > 1. Many laptops seem to only be able to turn off Secure Boot through the > OS, Windows 8.x, or so I've researched. However, I've read some makes > (Asus, Lenovo, Dell and HP) can do it directly through "BIOS" without > needing to boot Windows? True? Any others?
I recently replaced my old notebook Dell D520 for Dell E5440 ( 8GB RAM Intel i5 cpu). Everything is working great. Later models like E7*** use the DisplayLink technology for docking station and do not work with Linux at all. Secure Boot and all other options can be (de)activated/configured in the BIOS GUI. > > 2. How UEFI compatible is Debian Wheezy? What I'm running on the Desktop. > Or is Jessie the better choice. Or something else entirely? Except > Ubuntu variants (Hate it!). I don't want to run in Legacy mode for future > compatibility. I won't be installing a desktop, just a window manager. > Probably Openbox. I did not test UEFI, but should be supported and working. Other option I considered was HP ... I was looking for <1000€ replacement/solution, but somehow I liked Dell over HP. regards -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/mk5ch7$po$1...@ger.gmane.org
