id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,priority,milestone,component,resolution,keywords,cc,fix_version,see_also 1152,Deal with Secure Boot on Windows 8-era hardware,achernya,,"Windows 8 requires that all hardware shipped with it pre-installed have [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh824987.aspx Secure Boot] enabled. This means that all hardware will use UEFI and a database of trusted keys. The trusted key will, of course, be Microsoft's. With Secure Boot enabled, BIOS-compatible booting will be disabled. This means that there will be additional hassle with new hardware bought for the clusters. For now, an option is to go into the UEFI settings and disable secure boot, but there is not guarantee that this will work as expected, or will continue to be an option. Alternatively, we could do as [http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/12368.html Fedora did, and pay $99 for a Microsoft-signed key] to sign our distributions. This is a one-time fee. This is not ideal, as then we have to deal with yet another credential, but it beats sitting and waiting for Upstream to deal.",task,new,high,Current Semester,--,,,,,