Still exotic for now, but moves are afoot Arm devices are everywhere today and many of them run Linux. The operating system ...

This will be my last foray into UEFI firmware for quite a while. For those who are already tired of my writing about it, I apologize in advance; for those who have asked for more, here it is. For the ...

After just a few months of development, users finally have an official way to run Linux on machines using Windows 8’s UEFI secure boot framework. Developer and Linux Foundation director James ...

The folks at the Linux Foundation have come up with a way to make sure that you’ll be able to install an open source operating system on most computers that ship with Windows 8. Up until now, it’s ...

Microsoft's proposed use of Unfied Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) in Windows 8 could be used to block all other operating systems from Windows 8 systems. The Linux Foundation and partners have a ...

With the increasing prevalence of open-source implementations and the expansion of personal computing device usage to include mobile and non-PC devices as well as traditional desktops and laptops, ...

I am trying to install Linux on my netbook. When I have a netbook, Bay Trail, with Secure Boot. First thing to check: determine whether or not your netbook's UEFI build is 32 or 64-bit. Most Bay Trail ...

There are several reports of Samsung laptops bricking after installing Linux and booting via UEFI. The reports suggest this problem particularly affects Ubuntu, but that’s probably just because it’s ...

A problem with a kernel driver for Samsung laptops has caused numerous users to find their machines “bricked” after trying to boot Linux on them. That’s according to several reports on the Ubuntu ...

A bug in the BIOS of selected Samsung laptops which can lead to the device becoming unusable has been found to be exploitable under Windows, acquitting Linux as the culprit. The flaw was first spotted ...