Best Answer: Does Linux Mint Support Uefi?
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UEFI is fully supported. Note: Linux Mint does not use digital signatures and does not register to be certified by Microsoft as being a “secure” OS. As such, it will not boot with SecureBoot. … Note: Linux Mint places its boot files in /boot/efi/EFI/ubuntu to work around this bug.

Does Linux need UEFI?

There is at least one good reason to install Linux on UEFI. If you want to upgrade the firmware of your Linux computer, UEFI is required in many cases. For example, the “automatic” firmware upgrade, that is integrated in the Gnome software manager requires UEFI.

How do I know if Linux is in UEFI mode?

The easiest way to find out if you are running UEFI or BIOS is to look for a folder /sys/firmware/efi. The folder will be missing if your system is using BIOS. Alternative: The other method is to install a package called efibootmgr. If your system supports UEFI, it will output different variables.

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