Is this still the best solution out there to keep track of time

no, an oscillator is

>UEFI
>can literally destroy your computer by doing rm --rf --no-preserve-root /

Who the fuck thought this would be a good idea?

>>55731466
With freedom comes great responsibility.

>>55731466

Only if the manufacturer fucks up the implementation. According to the UEFI standard this cannot happen.

>>55731443
In the absence of any external power? Yes.

>>55731466
>mounting your motherboard firmware as r/w
Oh geez, why not mount all your devices' firmwares as r/w?
Fucking morons.

>>55731608

To add: All manufacturers fucked up their implementations and the linux kernel actually takes measures now to prevent users from shooting themselves in the foot (which is a fukken disgrace, btw).

>>55731466
UEFI is a solution that nobody asked for. Honestly I think the US government pushed for UEFI adoption because every manufacturer has an easy access backdoor built in, which means it doesn't matter what OS the user has.

>>55731443
>to keep track of time
Yep, however such big battery is overkill for modern rtc.
>UEFI settings
You could fuck up writing to eeprom and you will need external programmer to fix it. With volatile memory all settings will be reset no matter what.

Btw
>it's 2000+16
>still no bluetooth hid support in uefi

>>55731684

Personally I hate the function creep of UEFI. I want BIOS back.

>>55731648

This. Are there still BIOS only mobo's