On 20/06/13 14:08, Dan062 wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Jun 2013 14:00:45 +1000
> Toby Corkindale <toby.corkindale@strategicdata.com.au> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> There's been a bit of discussion on the list in recent months about
>> problems with Windows 8, Secure Boot and Linux.
>>
>> I just thought I'd chip in to say that I've actually found it to be fine
>> -- Ubuntu 13.04 installed really simply, resizing the Windows 8
>> partition down, and adding itself to the BIOS boot menu.
>
> Do you mind sharing which hardware was that on?

It's a Lenovo Thinkpad S430. Windows is installed on GPT partitioning
scheme, with EFI BIOS. parted and grub2 seem to handle that OK these days.

>> I needed to go into the BIOS and disable Secure Boot, but this hasn't
>> prevented Windows 8 from continuing to work fine too.
>
> Are you saying that Windows 8 is running with Secure Boot disabled?

That is correct. Works just fine.

Having found the tricks to bypass the Metro Tiles and go straight to
desktop, with chrome, vim, pageant, putty, 7zip and openvpn installed
now, it's fine to use in Windows. I actually quite like using the
corners to access desktops and switch apps, as that's similar to how it
works in Cinnamon in Ubuntu, anyway.

I can boot into Ubuntu by hitting F12 during boot to get a list of boot
options, and one of them is 'ubuntu'. (I can adjust the default between
windows and ubuntu in the BIOS, under Boot Priority, along with options
like USB keys or net booting)

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