[Ubuntu-BD] Fwd: Windows 8's use of the UEFI Secure Boot

[M. Adnan Quaium]

All a user needs to do is to *disable the security boot* option from the
boot setting (if it has not been disabled by the OEMs). Well ... and it
won't be the 'end day for Linux'.

In a pre-installed Windows PC, if a user wants to install another OS, he/she
has to change the boot settings for the first boot device. In general case
for a Ubuntu/Linux users, that would be the CD/DVD drive or the USB storage.
If the Secured Booting is enable, the user still needs to access the boot
setting for the necessary changes. So an Ubuntu/Linux user/enthusiast has to
access the boot setting *any how* for the first time Ubuntu/Linux
installation. but not sure about the Wubi installation.

So *technically* I don't see any big issue with this change. But *morally*
or *philosophically*, well ... it varies person to person.

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M. Adnan Quaium | https://wiki.ubuntu.com/maqtanim