[plug] Win 8 Secure Boot - Can Linux be installed OK?

[Leon Wright]

Frank,

I've not come across a Win 8 machine, but ubuntu 13.04 talks about it:

http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFI

Regards,

Leon

--
DRM 'manages access' in the same way that jail 'manages freedom.'

# cat /dev/mem | strings | grep -i cats
Damn, my RAM is full of cats... MEOW!!


On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 7:57 AM, Frank Preston <chieftiff at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Perth Linux Guru's,
> I have recently bought a Win 8 notebook PC and want to install Linux on it
> so that I can have the choice of using Windows or Linux as the OS.  I
> understand that this is not very straight forward as Win has a security set
> - up which needs to be turned off and my research on the net has not been
> conclusive.  I have not used linux yet but would like to. Can you pse
> advise on this subject?
> Kind Rgds,
> Fred
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