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1. It's FOSS (itsfoss@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Feb-2025 13:44:48 JST It's FOSS

   openSUSE is considering dropping Legacy boot! 

   https://news.itsfoss.com/opensuse-dropping-legacy-boot/

   #linux #opensuse

   • Texas Technician (txtechnician@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Feb-2025 13:56:31 JST Texas Technician

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     @itsfoss I'm OK with dropping bios. But I didn't know about the possible VM problem.

   • It's FOSS (itsfoss@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Feb-2025 16:17:03 JST It's FOSS

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     • Mac Berg

     @macberg Ya, let's see what they finally decide on.

   • Mac Berg (macberg@mastodon.online)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Feb-2025 16:17:04 JST Mac Berg

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     @itsfoss Luckily it doesn't affect Tumbleweed, according to the article. I say luckily because two of my four computers, including the one I use most of all, are old BIOS boot. They still work perfectly well for what they're used for and most likely will for many years to come.

   • Martina Neumayer (martinaneumayer@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Feb-2025 19:09:37 JST Martina Neumayer

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     @itsfoss No problem. Plop and you're good to go. ☺️👍

   • It's FOSS (itsfoss@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Feb-2025 17:03:15 JST It's FOSS

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     • Paul Black

     @Techwizz Yep, it would be a major setback.

   • Paul Black (techwizz@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Feb-2025 17:03:16 JST Paul Black

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     @itsfoss I'm personally against removing legacy boot. People generally create VMs using legacy boot, so this could be a huge headache for many people if they have a lot of VMs (myself included). Legacy is still almost always the default on hypervisors like Proxmox or SUSE Harvester. Most people doing VMs are also probably using Leap, not Tumbleweed...