[ubuntu-uk] Video for dual-boot with UEFI Secure Boot

[Rowan Berkeley]

On 26/02/13 10:39, James Tait wrote:
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> Hi all,
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> Following on from the recent discussions about UEFI Secure Boot, this
> dropped into my Inbox over the weekend.  It's a series of three videos
> that may or may not help to explain what goes on during installation
> of a dual-boot UEFI system with Secure Boot enabled.
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> http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLk2sjg_-F-McRbCBoVRkP1sYMbmDf6zJM
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> My video series on dual-boot with Win8 & Ubuntu 12.10 using UEFI secure
> Boot. The Ubuntu-focused segment is in Part 3. It's not exactly
> Mythbusters, but I hope it helps dispel a lot of the UEFI Secure Boot
> nonsense.
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I watched the first of these and looked at the associated website, but I 
can't see why I should want to go through all this so that I can run in 
Secure Boot mode. The declared purpose of the Secure Boot system is to 
protect the end user against malicious code contained within a 
supposedly innocent alternative Operating System package. There is no 
reason to assume that this is likely to be found in Ubuntu (or afaik any 
other) alternative OS package. It's a phantom threat to justify what is 
really an attempt to discourage alternative OS as such.