Any advantage to installing Ubuntu-only system with UEFI vs Legacy?

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I'm building a new Ubuntu/Mythbuntu system. It's not dual-boot with Windows or any other OS. New motherboard supports UEFI (of course). Should I install it as UEFI or stick with Legacy?

I ask because I've been having some trouble trying to install as UEFI (depending on Ubuntu/Mythbuntu flavor used, it either fails during install or on first boot). That will be another thread if it turns out UEFI is the "preferred" way to go.

Yes, it is basically a duplicate - go to the link above for a more detailed answer. — Fred Hamilton, Aug 14 '15 at 20:59

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

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There is almost no difference. Boot time on UEFI may be a bit less.

Besides UEFI has native support of GPT disks.

But it is possible to get bios support of a GPT partitioned disk by creating a special partition this way.

It is not worth the effort to force installing with UEFI if there are problems.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

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answered Aug 13 '15 at 16:43

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Thanks. I ended up making UEFI work with a different distribution, but good to know. – Fred Hamilton Aug 14 '15 at 21:00

Any advantage to installing Ubuntu-only system with UEFI vs Legacy?

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