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List:       opensuse-factory
Subject:    Re: [opensuse-factory] Tumbleweed Live KDE and EFI Secure Boot
From:       Carl Symons <carlsymons () gmail ! com>
Date:       2016-06-17 15:14:04
Message-ID: 112785855.rvQvytPLlC () linux
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On Friday, June 17, 2016 3:01:15 PM PDT H.Merijn Brand wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Jun 2016 14:40:53 +0200, Roger Oberholtzer
> 
> <roger.oberholtzer@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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.

+1

I've helped several people with this choice - Tumbleweed or Leap. In every 
case, the person has made the choice to go with Leap. 

With Tumbleweed, I was bit by the systemd/pam issue (which was resolved 
quickly, thanks all!). These users could/would not have dealt with it. The 
Leap installations have been flawless ... except for one person who had a 
problem with "my Linux". It actually turned out to be a Windows-in-VM issue 
that was resolved with a known-good snapshot (which they figured out).

If your daughter doesn't need the benefits of Tumbleweed, I strongly recommend 
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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