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minus-squarebdonvr@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-26 months agoI mean, you can get the Pi to use EFI and just boot generic images.
minus-squarePossibly linuxlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·6 months agoIt needs proprietary software to boot
minus-squareUsername@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 months agoMost x86 EFIs are, so the comparison is not really fair.
minus-squarePossibly linuxlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoThat is only sort of true. You don’t need proprietary software on a live USB to boot x86. That’s not the case with the Raspberry Pi as it boots from its GPU
I mean, you can get the Pi to use EFI and just boot generic images.
It needs proprietary software to boot
Most x86 EFIs are, so the comparison is not really fair.
That is only sort of true. You don’t need proprietary software on a live USB to boot x86. That’s not the case with the Raspberry Pi as it boots from its GPU