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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Is it possible to erase the UEFI/BIOS using dd or rm -rf on Linux ? (yt3.ggpht.com)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

You can mount the efi partition, but I don't think you can usually mount the uefi or bios. I've only ever edited vbios, and haven't done so in quite some time, but I remember needing to clamp the vbios chip. Dunno if motherboards make their bios chips more accessible, but I kinda doubt it.

Some motherboard support starting bios/uefi updates from a booted OS, so there might be a vector to be found there.