support for booting Linux on Windows 8 PCs delayed

    support for booting Linux on Windows 8 PCs delayed


    Posted: 20 Dec 2012
    Linux Foundation support for booting Linux on Windows 8 PCs delayed | ZDNet



    Thanks to Microsoft's implementation of secure boot, installing Linux on Windows 8 PCs is tricky. Unfortunately, the Linux Foundation's plan to address this problem has been stalled.

    Adventures in Microsoft UEFI Signing | James Bottomley's random Pages

    As I explained in my previous post, we have the code for the Linux Foundation pre-bootloader in place. However, there was a delay while we got access to the Microsoft signing system.
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    20 Dec 2012



  2. King Arthur
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    And this is supposed to be 21st century computing?

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  4. bobafetthotmail
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    I really wish they weren't trying so hard to look like cartoon villains....
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  5. 3D Jed
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    This is what I want for Christmas

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  7. Pedroc1999
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    Well, That is ANOTHER reason im not upgrading just yet... I use ubuntu for some prgraming and android programing/debigging so not, il rather wait...
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