[Mageia-discuss] UEFI and Secure Boot

[Anne Wilson]

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On 14/08/12 12:45, Maurice Batey wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Aug 2012 10:27:32 +0200, Alejandro López wrote:
> 
>> How can you know before buying the PC whether it has UEFI? Is it
>> mentioned somewhere? I thought about asking the selling person,
>> but chances are that he/she will have no clue about what UEFI is,
>> and will invent the answer.
> 
> In my case, by obtaining confirmation beforehand.
> 
> If they don't know (or if they do know but cannot confirm a
> 'Disable Secure Boot' option is available) , I don't buy, and
> explain why.
> 
While I consider that a sensible rule generally, I don't in this case.
 I don't want to disable secure boot for windows - I want to be able
to dual-boot knowing that windows is as secure as it can be.  I'm
afraid that for linux distros I'll be following your rule - if it
doesn't give me access to suitable keys so that I can dual-boot
securely, I'll change my distro.

Anne
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