On 11/10/2013 20:44, John Palmer wrote:
>
> Simon, could you say whether switching off UEFI is particularly
> difficult. I haven't yet faced installing Linux on a UEFI'd computer
> yet but sometime soon may want to. If it's simple, I wonder why David
> Smith's suppliers were having such trouble.
Simon P Smith wrote
> On my personal laptop I have switched off UEFI
> (most devices allow this)
> and boot into Linux
Simon, could you say whether switching off UEFI is particularly
difficult. I haven't yet faced installing Linux on a UEFI'd computer
yet but sometime soon may want to. If it's s
On Friday 11 Oct 2013 16:31:37 David Smith wrote:
> won't ask you to waste your time explaining further. Will try to get to next
> meeting in Dorchester.
We haven't actually held a meeting in Dorchester for quite a while. The
problem is that nearly
all of the West Dorset locals moved / got jobs
On Friday, October 11, 2013 3:29 PM Simon P Smith wrote
The UEFI does not stop you running executable code on the windows
operating system, you need something like lumension/sanctury for that
sort of control.
Where it does sit is between the BIOS and bootloader so that only
"signed" operating sy
On 11/10/2013 15:21, David Smith wrote:
> what if I had created a virus. What does that say about UEFI and
> 'trusted' computing? No answer to that - what a surprise!
>
Hi David,
The UEFI does not stop you running executable code on the windows
operating system, you need something like lumensio
Hi Folks
Some while ago I decided it was about time to change from Windows to Linux.
Having heard from you guys about the UEFI issue, and having other
distractions I held off. I have now bought a laptop from Linux Emporium with
Unbuntu 13.04 plus a beta version of 13.10 preloaded. It's running
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