Freeing the way for independent Linux distributions to be installed on Windows 8 computers, the Linux Foundation has released software that will allow Linux to work with computers running the UEFI ...

** noob alert**<BR><BR>I've been tinkering on and off with Linux for about a year now, trying to at least partially wean myself from Windows. However, because I can't spare a dedicated box for Linux ...

Freeing the way for independent Linux distributions to be installed on Windows 8 computers, the Linux Foundation has released software that will allow Linux to work with computers running the UEFI ...

Getting Linux to boot and install on PCs locked down with Windows 8's UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) Secure Boot continues to be annoying at best and downright impossible in some cases.

Hi All:<BR><BR>Yes, I'm posting again. The good news is that its not<BR>related to XFree86. I downloaded and installed Mandrake 8.2<BR>today. <BR><BR>As with all things I do, something went ...

The firmware ' UEFI ' installed in the PC has a mechanism called 'Secure Boot'. Secure Boot verifies the signature of the program that is executed before the OS starts, and protects the device by ...

Researchers at security firm Eclypsium have discovered a means whereby malicious code can be inserted during the boot-up process on a device running Linux, due to a flaw in the bootloader used: the ...

A group of Xbox security researchers say they have found a way to run Linux on the Xbox game console without a so-called mod chip and will go public with the technique if Microsoft won't talk to them ...

The Linux Foundation bootloader, which Bottomley said technically is more of “a preloader,” can work with any generic Linux bootloader. “We did this because our mission is to enable any bootloader in ...