Installing Linux on Windows 8 PCs: No easy answers

JMH

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Here's Microsoft's plan: Every new PC sold with Windows 8 will be locked up tight with Microsoft's UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) secure boot on. Microsoft says that this is to help secure your PCs from rootkits and malware. It also happens to stop you from easily installing Linux or any other operating system, such as Windows 7 or XP, on a Windows 8 system. Thanks Microsoft. We really needed that kind of protection!

http://www.itworld.com/software/287946/there-will-be-no-easy-way-install-linux-windows-8-pcs
 

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