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We all know that Windows 8 PCs will come locked up tight Microsoft's
UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) secure boot on. This
will <a
href="http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/microsoft-to-stop-linux-older-windows-from-running-on-windows-8-pcs/9589">prevent
you from easily installing Linux or any other operating system,
such as Windows 7 or XP, on a Windows 8 system</a>. What we don't
know is exactly how original equipment manufacturers (OEM)s will be
implementing UEFI, never mind secure boot, on these new machines. To
address this problem, James Bottomley, chair of the Linux
Foundation's Technical Advisory Board, has released a version of the
<a href="http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1319543">Intel
Tianocore UEFI boot image and some code that Linux programmers can
use to get around Windows 8's Secure Boot restrictions</a>. <br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.zdnet.com/linux-developers-working-on-windows-uefi-secure-boot-problem-7000000909/">http://www.zdnet.com/linux-developers-working-on-windows-uefi-secure-boot-problem-7000000909/</a>
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"It is shameful how few judges and politicians are hanged for treason."
~Roger Renner</pre>
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