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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Ok so I've been subscribed for a long
time but haven't followed it really for a while ... sorry!<br>
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Anyway I too have a new Lenovo, an X230. Quite a cool little
laptop really - a bit thicker and more powerful than an ultrabook
(has actual ethernet!) but still quite light and a VERY long
lasting battery.<br>
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And yes I was able to disable secure boot and the Fedora 17 live
CD works fine on it, booted via a USB blu-ray drive. I had to
disable secure boot to get that to work, but doing so was not a
problem. I understand that on x86 computers, the Microsoft
specifications *require* that it be possible to disable secure
boot. (This is not the case on ARM boxes, so avoid those if
they're not made for Linux.)<br>
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Waiting for the Fedora 18 release to actually install Linux.<br>
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Until then, trying to figure out what to do with the partitions
that come on it. I do want to keep Windows 8 for various reasons
- it will be my only Windows computer and I have a few things I
want to be able to run on it, and I want to compile and test my
current coding project on Windows. It isn't 100% clear what all
the partitions are. I assume the last one after the data
partition is the recovery partition - I copied that to a flash
card so I should be able to delete it and shrink the data
partition as normal.<br>
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After that, I hope Fedora 18's installer will seamlessly install
it via UEFI in a dual boot arrangment. Installed Arch Linux on my
new desktop via UEFI this summer, but no attempt to dual boot with
that one.<br>
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On 01/03/2013 09:59 PM, Fred A. Miller wrote:<br>
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Secure Boot and MickySoft's attempt to exclude Linux has been a
topic in the Linux community for awhile, as some OEMs have not
provided a way to turn off the contemptuous underhanded menouver
by the "evil empire". I can't say for sure if all of the Lenovo
'puters provides the ability to turn it off via the CMOS setup,
but the "Z" series laptops do for sure. I recently removed the
"joke" from MickySoft, 'Bloze 8, and installed openSuSE 12.2 with
no problems! There are 2 switches in the CMOS you have to change
to "legacy" and you're all set. <br>
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Fred
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