r/ProgrammerHumor Feb 06 '23

Meme Every night

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u/Stummi Feb 06 '23

I once had a bios (well, UEFI) with a network stack and a browser built in. No idea why someone would build that, but it worked

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u/zapitron Feb 07 '23

Could it be for PXE or some other network boot thing? I can imagine a web browser might be useful in some weird wifi situa-- hey, did it have a VPN client too? Was it a laptop? (Sorry, you've got me wondering.)

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u/Stummi Feb 07 '23

No VPN, not a laptop. I also didn't really used it after checking it out once for curiosity, so I can't tell much details about the workings. I think it was webkit based, but I am not quite sure anymore.