Twitter Client for UEFI

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Post by gslin » Sat, Mar 12, 2022, 1:46 PM UTC

Twitter Client for UEFI
github.com

Re: Twitter Client for UEFI

#2

Post by sva_ » Sat, Mar 12, 2022, 2:08 PM UTC

This made me wonder if somebody got Doom to run under UEFI, and sure enough:

https://github.com/Cacodemon345/uefidoom/

Re: Twitter Client for UEFI

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Post by nih0 » Sat, Mar 12, 2022, 2:22 PM UTC

this is the bloat free software that i need in my life

Re: Twitter Client for UEFI

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Post by secondcoming » Sat, Mar 12, 2022, 2:25 PM UTC

TIL: It's possible for UEFI code to access the internet. What could possibly go wrong?

Re: Twitter Client for UEFI

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Post by lizardactivist » Sat, Mar 12, 2022, 2:26 PM UTC

I get the feeling UEFI can never be entirely secure with the set of functionality it offers and thus huge surface it is exposing.

Call me crazy, but security means doing only what is necessary and no more, in particular in this early part of starting up a computer system.

Re: Twitter Client for UEFI

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Post by p_l » Sat, Mar 12, 2022, 2:28 PM UTC

secondcoming wrote: post #4

TIL: It's possible for UEFI code to access the internet. What could possibly go wrong?

How did you think netbooting support works?

UEFI made it quite simpler by making it so that network cards only have to bring a driver in OPROM instead of whole stack as before, and this allowed important improvements into boot process (like HTTPS instead of TFTP)

Re: Twitter Client for UEFI

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Post by nine_k » Sat, Mar 12, 2022, 2:28 PM UTC

Now imagine a whole working set of software, and some encrypted storage, running in UEFI, while the "real OS" with some games and office apps is only loaded to plausibly deny the real use.

Re: Twitter Client for UEFI

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Post by shabier » Sat, Mar 12, 2022, 2:30 PM UTC

My only question is; why? Don't get me wrong, it is cool, but do people actually use it?

Re: Twitter Client for UEFI

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Post by loloquwowndueo » Sat, Mar 12, 2022, 2:37 PM UTC

If this allows me to use “latest tweets” chronological view as default instead of the brain dead “home” view I’m totally setting up a laptop with this. The official twitter clients are more atrocious each day (spaces? Home by default? 95% promoted tweets in my timeline? List suggestions I don’t care about?)

Re: Twitter Client for UEFI

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Post by ctxc » Sat, Mar 12, 2022, 2:39 PM UTC

Didn't know what UEFI was, so here it is:

" UEFI and BIOS are low-level software that starts when you boot your PC before booting your operating system, but UEFI is a more modern solution, supporting larger hard drives, faster boot times, more security features, and—conveniently—graphics and mouse cursors.

The UEFI/BIOS loads when your computer starts up, and the BIOS is responsible for waking up your computer’s hardware components, ensures they’re functioning properly, and then runs the bootloader that boots Windows or whatever other operating system you have installed.

You can configure various settings in the BIOS setup screen. Settings like your computer’s hardware configuration, system time, and boot order are located here.

The BIOS goes through a POST, or Power-On Self Test, before booting your operating system. It checks to ensure your hardware configuration is valid and working properly."

Source: https://www.howtogeek.com/56958/htg-explains-how-uefi-will-r...