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

[Rusty Ramser]

Here's the URL for the PLUG talk by Jeremy Kerr:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35D0_feZnK8
Or if you want to have some entertainment on the way to the correct link, it's the fourth search returned from this.  :)
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=plug+uefi+secure+boot

Also, here's a link to one of the more useful articles I've read about Windows8, Secure Boot, and Linux recently:
http://www.howtogeek.com/149254/if-i-buy-a-computer-with-windows-8-and-secure-boot-can-i-still-install-linux/
(I don't necessarily buy all of the propositions that the author puts forth in the article, but his factual information about the way Secure Boot and OSes work is informative.)

Cheers.


----- Original Message -----
From: plug [mailto:plug-bounces at plug.org.au] On Behalf Of euan at dekock.net
Sent: Friday, 28 June 2013 10:00
To: PLUG List
Cc: plug at plug.linux.org.au
Subject: Re: [plug] Win 8 Secure Boot - Can Linux be installed OK?

I'd recommend you also take a look at the PLUG YouTube video of the talk given by Jeremy Kerr from Ubuntu, he provides a good technical overview of UEFI and Ubuntu.

Sorry I don't have the URL to hand...

Regards,

Euan de Kock
President - Perth Linux User Group (PLUG)

On 28/06/13 9:29 Leon Wright wrote:
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


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# 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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