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

[Jim Householder]

Have you checked the BIOS, or what replaces it, to see if Secure UEFI 
can be turned off?  I think some can.

Regards,
Jim


On 28/06/13 07:57, Frank Preston 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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