I've been reading up some about the new "secure boot" that's coming out on new machines when MS releases Win 8. Has a workaround been developed yet for those of us who don't want to run windows? Typically, I mostly build my own desktops, and I install cent os right from the start, but sometimes I do buy a desktop, and naturally it comes with windows on it, so I have to do a wipe and load, to get rid of windows. Jim
On 23 August 2012 05:51, Jimmy Bradley <bmobile40 at ocellaris.net> wrote:> I've been reading up some about the new "secure boot" that's > coming out on new machines when MS releases Win 8. Has a workaround been > developed yet for those of us who don't want to run windows? Typically, > I mostly build my own desktops, and I install cent os right from the > start, but sometimes I do buy a desktop, and naturally it comes with > windows on it, so I have to do a wipe and load, to get rid of windows. >On X86 you will be able to disable the secure boot so you can then install what you want - not such a big deal.... It's ARM (which is not currently supported of course) which is the questionable one...
From: Jimmy Bradley <bmobile40 at ocellaris.net>>? ? ? ? ? ? I've been reading up some about the new "secure boot" that's >coming out on new machines when MS releases Win 8. Has a workaround been >developed yet for those of us who don't want to run windows? Typically, >I mostly build my own desktops, and I install cent os right from the >start, but sometimes I do buy a desktop, and naturally it comes with >windows on it, so I have to do a wipe and load, to get rid of windows.First, the manufacturer can/should decide to let the user enable/disable secure boot in the bios... As for linux, from memory, different distributions chose different paths... I think RedHat will apparently buy a key from verisign and Canonical has decided to use their own key. I think they need to use non GPL boot loaders (to protect the key I guess), so no grub2... JD