Thanks to Microsoft's Windows 8 UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) Secure Boot there was no easy way to boot Linux, or any other operating system, on Windows 8 PCs. Now, there are two ways, the recently released Linux Foundation (LF) UEFI secure boot system and Matthew Garrett's shim system to boot Linux on these PCs. Soon, there will be only one unified way.. The link for this article located at ZDNet Blogs is no longer available. . System architects strive to unify authentication protocols for enhanced interoperability with macOS platforms.. Secure Boot, Linux Compatibility, Windows UEFI, Unified Boot Systems. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
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