Installing Linux on Windows 8 UEFI Secure Boot System

How to install Linux onto a Windows 8 UEFI Secure Boot system.
From late 2012 onwards all PC Manufacturers wanting to receive a Windows 8 compatible sticker must implement Secure Boot on their systems, this prevents most Linux Distros from being installed.

At time of recording (02 Feb 2013) there are only three Linux Distros certified by Microsoft to install on a Secure Boot system, these are: Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 13.04, and Fedora 18.
Canonical and Red Hat have paid the MS Fee to allow their systems to be installed on and able to boot with UEFI Secure boot.

If you are trying to install another Linux distribution you might be able to disable the Secure Boot in the UEFI Bios, and I show an example with an ASUS FM2 motherboard.

[voiceoftreason]

i expected this to be a tutorial, but it was just a rant.

[Benbidmead]

I like you, your reliable, clear, good video quality, to the point and best of all English!

[NomishStratus]

Holy cow I finally figured out the Answer!!! This eluded me for so long. I have tried to install 12.04 and all a get a screen that says something about security junk and disappears in a matter of seconds. haha Thank you! Quids!

[ArmaVodka]

i have windows 7 with UEFI and i can't install ubuntu and alot of people have same errors as me

[HerbivoreJesus]

holy mother of god. I want to install some other linux distributions but I cant boot from my usb ._.

[vikaskyatannawar]

i have a legacy windows, my laptop can support uefi too, i use usb legacy to install a linux but when i try to boot into linux it is stuck at a blinking cursor at top left on a blank screen

[DoubleOhSilver]

I was able to get Ubuntu on my laptop, but now I can't access Windows 8. Grub says its missing the sector. To make everything worse, no matter what I try to install grub, it does not load at all. I installed it into a USB and now I need that USB to boot or my laptop is a brick. At least it'll suck for anyone who tries to steal it.

[solimanteama]

the partition table formate in use on your disks normally requires you to create a sepatate partition for boot loader code>>>>linux mint 16

[BrettCulley]

i already have windows 7 64 bit installed, but i am using a newer motherboard with uefi set to legacy mode, i installed linux mint but after i rebooted it will only go into windows, any suggestions?

[CraigLaBruno]

I have a question if you might answer. I have an ASUS computer as well and my bios looks exactly like the one in the video so when you switch secure boot to "other OS" is that considered disabling secure boot? When I switch it to "other OS" I believe I saw somewhere that secure boot is still enabled? I am very very unhappy with ASUS and how it seems they have made it extremely difficult to basically make any changes to the bios. The combination of ASUS with an Nvidia graphics card makes for an extremely incompatible linux computer.

[kmyivnv]

Nice video. Good sound, nice quality, voice speaking, facecam, nice explanations, everything is great!

[AlexisTsakanikas]

Thank you for your videos. I have a toshiba laptop with preinstalled windows 8, uefi, fast start up and secure boot enabled. Would I have any problems booting if i do a partition and install ubuntu 13.10, without changing any of the above options?

[Saitama_San]

Is linux mint included? I can't stand Ubuntu desktop environment. Thanks in advance.

[eatyourveggies]

Hello. I Have A 64bit Toshiba Satellite Windows 8.1 Toshiba. I Am Completely New To Linux (Although I Had A Old Desktop With It) I Need More Help Installing It (And Will It Mess Up My Laptop If I Dont Do It Right?)

[leonkent]

Hi Quidsup, great video, but a small question. I recently got an Asus with the UEFI protocols. I followed all the steps shown in the Ubuntu Forum to try and dual install Ubuntu 12.10 and Windows 7, but had no luck (and a three hour restore W7 to take the biscuit) - any suggestions?

[paulobraz]

Nice job Quids!
In my opinion nobody shoud buy pc's with O.S instaled and this is one of the reasons why.

[mohameddawood]

what is the name program that you record video from it ?

[khz]

After installing Ubuntu how to do I boot from it?

[Haku_Hatake]

I have a question What if want to Delete windows 8 completely and have it a linux only Computer. would this work?

[JeanJacquesSaintMarc]

Hi !
When you say that Ubuntu is compatible with UEFI, does it include all ubuntu based distros such as Mint, Zorin, Voyager etc..?
I tried booting with Ubuntu 12.10. Ok if I switch the UEFI to Legacy on my Vaio S13 (Q4 2012). But with UEFI enabled: "non operating system found". How did you manage the installation ?