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The title is basically my question: I have (seemingly) managed to successfully install 15.04 next to the existing Win 8.1. I did this with Secure boot disabled to be on the safe side.

can I now reenable secure boot? What exactly is it? From what I understand from googling around, it is a feature to only allow 'trusted' OS boot? Is there then someway to add my Ubuntu as 'trusted'? Is it already considered 'trusted' now, and I can reenable secure boot? Or should I just leave it turned off.

Also while googling I read smth about 'fast boot' which one is supposed to turn off (at least in recent versions) Shold I doo this too?

Thanks a lot guys, sorry for being a beginner and probably asking noob questions. I am ready to learn!

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can I now reenable secure boot?

Sure. From the 1st link below:

It is not required to disable SecureBoot in the firmware to install Ubuntu on a Windows 8 machine. Ubuntu 12.04.2+ are SecureBoot-compatible. Any machine that ships with the recommended Microsoft Third-Party Marketplace keys in firmware will be able to boot Ubuntu under SecureBoot. If there is any problem file a launchpad bug for the shim package.

Also while googling I read smth about 'fast boot' which one is supposed to turn off (at least in recent versions) Should I do this too?

Yes.

What exactly is secure boot/fast boot?

Topics on secure boot and fast boot:

The 1st link is an in-depth how-to. The 2nd one is mine and has an image explaining fast boot.

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