[clug] Is anyone willing to install Kubuntu for me? For a fee?

[Rick Roler]

A little off topic but I have personally had security issues with earlier versions of kubuntu. 

But in my case I suspect it was more to do with a since discovered escalation flaw with proprietary nvidia drivers. 

At the very least when installing stay away from closed drivers.

On 25/07/2013, at 4:58 PM, "Stephen Boyd" <bunyipr at gmail.com> wrote:

> I suspect it isn't a UEFI bios issue as UEFI secure boot didn't become an
> issue till Windows 8 was released last year and any BIOS that did support
> UEFI would be configured to support legacy mode by default.
> 
> Hopefully someone at the CLUG meeting can fix it for you this evening.
> 
> Stephen.
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 2:17 PM, Paul C. Leopardi
> <paul.leopardi at anu.edu.au>wrote:
> 
>> Hi all,
>> On Thursday 25 July 2013 07:37:54 Stephen Boyd wrote:
>>> What boot options does the bios provide?
>> 
>> I am not sure what I am supposed to be looking for and I could not find a
>> BIOS
>> setup walk through on the web, so I will summarise the screens one at a
>> time.
>> 
>> If I boot the machine, I see a splash screen which has at the bottom:
>> PLEASE PRESS F2 TO ENTER EFI BIOS SETTINGS
>> 
>> If I hit F2 fast enough, I see a screen with the heading
>> 
>> Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2010 American Megatrends, Inc.
>> with the tabs: Main, Advanced, Boot, Security, Exit
>> and at the bottom of the screen
>> Version 2.01.1204. Copyright (C) 2010 American Megatrends, Inc.
>> 
>> Under Main I see
>> ASUS Eee PC ACPI BIOS
>> Bios Version 0310
>> Build Date 03/22/2011
>> EC Firmware Version EPCD-056t
>> and can only change System Date and System Time on this tab.
>> 
>> Under Advanced I see
>> Start Easy Flash [Press ENTER to run the utility to select and update BIOS]
>> CPU Configuration
>> -> Cool 'n' Quiet [Enabled]
>> -> C6 Mode [Disabled]
>> -> Node 0 Information
>> IDE Configuration
>> -> OnChip SATA Type [Native IDE]
>> Onboard Devices Configuration
>> -> Onboard Audio [Enabled]
>> -> Onboard LAN [Enabled]
>> -> Onboard LAN Boot ROM [Disabled]
>> -> Onboard Wlan [Enabled]
>> -> Onboard Bluetooth [Enabled]
>> 
>> Under Boot I see
>> Boot Configuration
>> Bootup Numlock State [Off]
>> Full Screen Logo [Enabled]
>> Boot Option Priorities
>> Boot Option #1 [SATA: ST95...]
>> Hard Drive BBS Priorities
>> -> Boot Option #1 [SATA: ST95...]
>> (This is without the USB memory stick plugged in)
>> 
>> Under Security I see
>> Options to set Administrator, User and HDD passwords
>> 
>>> Most have a legacy mode to support older versions of windows. On my Asus
>>> zenbook it is labelled UEFI Boot and I have it disabled.
>> 
>> I can't find any option like that.
>> 
>>> Also, I had no problem installing Fedora 19 on a HP notebook that came
>> with
>>> Windows 8 (BUT the windows virus keeps replacing the boot settings with
>> its
>>> own - seems to be a HP thing).
>> 
>> My problem seems to be specific to the ASUS 1215B once the hard disk has
>> been
>> wiped. Possibly related:
>> 
>> 
>> http://wernerroth.de/index.php/2011/12/17/kubuntu-11-10-on-a-asus-eeepc-1215b/
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/879858
>> https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=129331
>> 
>> http://askubuntu.com/questions/70025/how-do-i-install-on-an-uefi-asus-1215b-netbook
>> https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/1/1/2
>> 
>> http://askubuntu.com/questions/92802/how-can-i-install-on-an-asus-eeepc-1215b-uefi
>> https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=143928
>> http://vascoblog.wordpress.com/2011/12/17/the-new-laptop-asus-eee-pc-1215b/
>> 
>> http://forum.notebookreview.com/asus/679733-1215b-efi-partition-image-needed-help-please.html
>> http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/pipermail/linux-users/2012-March/001595.html
>> 
>>> Only distributions released in the last 6 or so months support UEFI.
>> 
>> It looks like Ubuntu 12.04 had some sort of UEFI support:
>> http://askubuntu.com/questions/135621/ubuntu-12-04-using-uefi
>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFI
>> 
>> I just want to match whatever my laptop thinks it needs. Since it
>> originally
>> came with Windows, an EFI partition, and a hidden recovery partition, and
>> since there is no "legacy boot" option in the Aptio Setup Utility, I think
>> that it needs UEFI. I could be wrong.
>> 
>> That's why I would like to pay someone, so I don't waste more of my own
>> time
>> making mistakes.
>> All the best, Paul
>> 
>> --
>> Paul Leopardi
>> http://www.maths.anu.edu.au/~leopardi
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