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Last edited by WN9HJW; 08-03-2013 at 09:16 AM.
It's becoming a serious problem. Now we have UEFI booting which gets tricky due to encryption keys...
I've been running Linux on my laptop for nearly 10 years and I'm seriously considering a Macbook. So at this point, I don't know what to tell you.
You gotta overcome the UEFI issues, presuming you can do that and get what you want, you'll be OK.
FWIW, Ubuntu runs perfectly on my older MacBook Pro. I can even run many Windows apps under WINE, although a few do fail. For instance, I can run HRD but DM 780 crashes on launch.
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
Yeah, your "older MacBook", get something with UEFI and and encryption key, best of luck.
Most BIOS's allow you to disable UEFI.Originally Posted by W4GPL
I've run across a lot of exceptions to that rule.
Wow, what a bunch of ornery stuff. Making a PC or Laptop dual (or more) bootable should not be such a PITA.
"Where would we be without the agitators of the world to attach the electrodes
of knowledge to the nipples of ignorance?" ~ Professor "Dick" Soloman
I've not. Most every EUFI machine I've come across has the ability to turn on secure boot. In fact, MS requires vendors to ensure it can be disabled (Somehow, might not be trivial to do). But the option is there, somewhere.
But, even in the off chance you can't, then you can buy a copy (Gasp!) of RHEL 6 Desktop: https://www.redhat.com/apps/store/desktop/
RHEL bought into it, and got a signed key from MS.
This is new to me. Are you saying that on these EUFI systems I cannot simply install Linux and boot and go ? How can I avoid these types of systems ? Is this both on desktops and laptops , or just a laptop thing. If I buy any new system the first thing I do is put Linux on the system. I don't want any system on which I cannot install Linux.
I keep my 2 feet on the ground, and my head in the twilight zone.
You just need to make sure you know what you're buying. There are systems with these types of UEFI (the term is getting polluted) that would make it difficult to install certain distros. Corey is right that I may have over stated the concerns, but you can find yourself in the dark if you make the wrong choice. Also I'm starting to see storage devices that cater to just Windows.. it fucking sucks.
And by the way Corey, RedHat was dead wrong to do that. It's appalling that they'd even consider getting in bed with those thugs.
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