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Option to boot into bios/eufi

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
55/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
linux, python

Research direction

Start by examining the existing BIOS section of the system information view and how mintreport presents actions and confirmation dialogs. Use systemctl reboot --firmware-setup as the reference behavior. Done means a user can trigger the firmware reboot from the proposed BIOS section with confirmation, while preserving the existing shutdown flow.

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Description

I was looking into a way to reboot my laptop into the bios. Currently I can only find that I can do this through the commandline:

systemctl reboot --firmware-setup

But it might be a good idea to add a button to mint to do this instead.
The normal shutdown dialog might not be the best place to make this available, but perhaps in the BIOS section of the system information a button with a confirmation dialog can be added?

Dominant language
Python
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30
Forks
26
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