Windows 8 Secure Boot plans for Ubuntu revealed

JMH · Jun 24, 2012

Earlier this month, Red Hat revealed how it will allow its Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora OS builds to run on a Windows 8 x86-based PC with Microsoft's Secure Boot system. According to Red Hat, "Microsoft will provide keys for Windows and Red Hat will provide keys for Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora. Similarly other distributions can participate at a nominal cost of $99 USD - allowing them to register their own keys for distribution to system firmware vendors."

It was a solution that even received support from Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux. Now another Linux OS company, Canonical, has revealed its own plans to offer the Ubuntu Linux system so it can run on Windows 8 on a dual boot system.

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Windows 8 Secure Boot plans for Ubuntu revealed

JMH

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