Saturday, February 02, 2013: The Linux Foundation has sponsored a major revamp of the mini bootloader to help users to launch any version of Linux on computers that come with UEFI Secure Boot. Whenever UEFI Secure Boot is talked along with Linux, the first thought that comes to our mind is Windows 8. Though UEFI Secure Boot is not something new or synonymous with Windows 8 but Microsoft made Secure Boot popular particularly when it was initially discovered that Windows 8 devices won't allow Linux to boot. The restructuring of the bootloader boots in a different manner, allowing it to work well together with Gummiboot. Unlike GRUB, the Gummiboot accesses the EFI mechanisms before starting Linux. So, the Gummiboot keeps the structure simple as compared to GRUB. However, when the user has activated the Secure Boot, the procedure changes and other firmware-related mechanisms comes to play to verify the kernel before launching it. http://www.efytimes.com/e1/fullnews.asp?edid=99636 BC -- Using openSUSE 12.2 x86_64 KDE 4.10.0 & kernel 3.7.5-1 on a system with- AMD FX 8-core 3.6/4.2GHz processor 16GB PC14900/1866MHz Quad Channel Corsair "Vengeance" RAM Gigabyte AMD3+ m/board; Gigabyte nVidia GTX550Ti 1GB DDR5 GPU -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org