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Author: John J. Macey
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To: michael, Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: Ubuntu
> I'd rather just move it to a vm under linux until it can be jettisoned
> later.


I would go with Michael's idea. I use Virtualbox to play M$ 7, and it
/boots far, far faster/ than a stand alone M$ machine.

John

On 09/11/2014 10:20 AM, Michael Butash wrote:
> I think Stephen's spell check meant UEFI not Jedi, but his star-wars
> propensities won.
>
> You should be able to get ubuntu working with secureboot, but I've
> never done a dual boot personally. Make sure you look at it from the
> UEFI perspective. As Stephen also indicted, you can set to boot in
> "legacy mode" too, but that will break windoze ability to secureboot.
>
> Thank microsoft and their for making cronie hardware oem's have to
> protect their crappy os from infection (and replacement). I'd rather
> just move it to a vm under linux until it can be jettisoned later.
>
> -mb
>
>
> On 09/10/2014 10:08 PM, Stephen Partington wrote:
>> If it is newer hardware with Jedi secured boot, the you will need to
>> make sure that the Jedi firmware is configured to allow an so besides
>> windows.
>>
>> On Wednesday, September 10, 2014, Seth Jones
>> < <mailto:roleplayerseth@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     Trying to install Ubuntu alongside Windows 8. I have a properly
>>     formatted install disc and have followed the included
>>     instructions, but no matter what I try, my computer still boots
>>     to Windows. Can anyone help?

>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you
>> from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze
>> button.
>>
>> Stephen
>>
>>
>>
>>
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