At the moment, i think some Linux OS boot on UEFI enabled machines, though be careful with some samsung models as its confirmed that some get bricked...... for question 2, when booting, press the key that takes you into bios (i dont know if it is still called bios) and you will find uefi somewhere there among the menus... i have seen it on my dell xps..
*Kizito Mudambo* On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 7:43 PM, Patrick Sandeh <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Kyle, hope this mail finds you well and in good conditions. > kindly find out if google will sponsor the Afrinic conference that is > going to take place in Lusaka Zambia. > Thanks. > yours sincerely > PATRICK SANDEH > +256705209362/+256794209362 > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Kyle Spencer <[email protected]> > *To:* Uganda Linux User Group <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 27, 2013 2:44 PM > *Subject:* Re: [LUG] Microsoft's "UEFI secure boot" clarification > > Our organization sends machines back to the vendor if they don't boot > Linux. > > > On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 2:39 PM, Peter C. Ndikuwera <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Briefly, my $0.02, > > > > Redhat has paid the license fee to enable UEFI secure boot for their OS. > Not > > sure about Ubuntu and SUSE. > > > > You need to research before buying your PC. A number of vendors (ASUS for > > one) allow you to disable secure boot, so you can install any OS. > > > > P. > > > > -- > > Evolution (n): A hypothetical process whereby infinitely improbable > events > > occur with alarming frequency, order arises from chaos, and no one is > given > > credit. > > > > > > On 27 February 2013 13:55, okwii David <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Hello, > >> I've been following news about the release of "UEFI secure boot" by > >> Microsoft which according to earlier reports means that Linux based OSes > >> won't be able to run on "UEFI secure boot" certified machines. Now am > >> reading that the Linux foundation sort of came up with a work around > and so > >> on! My questions; > >> #1. Why would MS come with "UEFI secure boot" and why should PC vendors > >> play along? > >> #2. How do i know a PC is "UEFI secure boot" certified before buying it? > >> #3. 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