Boot signing for Fedora 18 will not be ready until Microsoft delivers and proves the secure boot module. There will be a shim module that will accept signing of Fedora modules. Ubuntu has a temporary secure boot solution. The solution with the secure boot module is common to RH, Fedora, Suse, Ubuntu, and will probably be common to the others.
Secure boot allows for multiple operating systems. So, once your secure boot is signed, it can be installed as coexisting with Windows 8. MS never tested coexistance, as far as I know. Regards Leslie Mr. Leslie Satenstein 50 years in Information Technology and going strong. Yesterday was a good day, today is a better day, and tomorrow will be even better. mailto:[email protected] alternative: [email protected] www.itbms.biz www.eclipseguard.com --- On Sun, 12/2/12, Hendrik Boom <[email protected]> wrote: From: Hendrik Boom <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MLUG] anybody tried installing linux on a windows 8 PC? To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, December 2, 2012, 2:21 PM On Sun, Dec 02, 2012 at 08:01:06AM -0500, Fabian Rodriguez wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 12-12-01 09:51 AM, Peter Silva wrote: > > After hearing all the stories about boot signing... I am looking for a > > new PC, but wary of getting something with Win8 that I will not be > > able to make dual boot. > > ** So don't. ** > > Consider buying a used system, or getting your new PC from a recognized > manufacturer that ships/supports the hardware in Canada while > pre-installing and supporting free open source systems. These days I > look at ThinkPenguin as a good source for such systems: > http://libre.thinkpenguin.com I buy my hardware from Microscott, here in Montreal on Sherbrooke Ave. W. So far, he's been quite competent. He's not a Linux man himself, but he does understand the issues. I imagine if everyone wanting a Linux machine were to came to him, he'd become a repostiry of Linux lore. (Not that that's likely to happen.) The best thing about him is that if he doesn't know the answer to a question, he'll tell you that instead of making up something. -- hendrik _______________________________________________ mlug mailing list [email protected] https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca
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