Linux and Windows 8’s Secure Boot: What We Know So Far. Linux Line By Katherine Noyes, Sep 27, 2011 6:00 pm PDT. Ever since it was first brought to light that Windows 8’s secure boot mechanism ...

The Linux Foundation Secure Boot System solves a fundamental problem for many Linux distributions, by providing a way for a Linux-based OS to run on new hardware controlled by UEFI firmware, ...

Besides disabling the Windows 8 secure boot process, another option for Linux lovers is installing a signed version of Linux. But “this poses several problems,” Garrett notes.

BootHole Secure Boot threat to Linux and Windows devices confirmed. getty. A high-rated security vulnerability in the Secure Boot function of the majority of laptops, desktops, workstations and ...

After just a few months of development, users finally have an official way to run Linux on machines using Windows 8’s UEFI secure boot framework. Developer and Linux Foundation director James ...

Good luck in building Linux for Windows 8 Secure Boot systems. It's not easy, but we're on our way. Related Stories: Another way around Linux's Windows SecureBoot problem.

No one, but no one, in the Linux community likes Microsoft's mandated deployment of the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Secure Boot option in Windows 8 certified PCs.But, how Linux ...

In other cases, Linux distributions provide users with a general-purpose shim-bootloader that will chain boot to a standard, more complete Linux bootloader in a secure manner. This process extends the ...

A new security measure introduced with Windows 8 requiring so-called secure boot keys could make it more difficult for consumers to load other operating systems including Linux on OEM Microsoft ...

Many Linux lovers are worried that Microsoft's new Secure Boot technology will make it more difficult to get the open source operating system onto machines that originally ship with Windows 8. But ...

Linux companies or organisations that have paid for, and obtained, keys from Microsoft to ensure that their distributions can be booted on secure boot-enabled devices, have to abide by the terms ...