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November 23, 2012
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Linux Foundation UEFI Secure Boot key for Windows 8 PCs delays explained

James Bottomley, Parallels’ CTO of server virtualization, well-known Linux kernel maintainer, and the man behind the Linux Foundation’s efforts to create an easy way to install and boot Linux on Windows 8 PCs with UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) Secure … Continue reading

November 20, 2012
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Linux Foundation support for booting Linux on Windows 8 PCs delayed

By design, Microsoft has made installing and booting Linux on Windows 8 PCs with UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) Secure Boot troublesome. Many of the major Linux distirbutors, including Fedora, openSUSE, and Ubuntu,  have proposed different ways of addressing this … Continue reading