On Fri, 17 Jun 2016 14:40:53 +0200, Roger Oberholtzer
My daughter has asked me to install Linux on her new Lenovo laptop. Before doing so, I thought I would try a Live Tumbleweed version to see what might be a problem.
Go for Leap! Having bleading edge SUSE on your daughters laptop is asking for a *lot* of (value)time being spent on her laptop. *YOU* might be expecting fallout or trouble, but your daughter won't. I speak from experience. My daughter is very happy with Leap.
The laptop has Windows 8, EFI and Secure Boot enabled. My questions (for the Live test) are:
* Can it boot the Live ISO from a USB stick on an EFI system?
* Do I need to disable Secure Boot in the PC setup first?
* If I re-enable Secure Boot, will Windows 8 have an issue?
* If I later decide to install from a proper image, would I need to disable Secure Boot?
* On other laptops, I have had great luck shrinking the Windows partition, installing openSUSE, and getting a nice dual boot. Should I be equally optimistic here?
Thanks for any answers or pointers!
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