[Ubuntu-be] Win8 will block dual-boot?

[Pieter Vande Wyngaerde]

UEFI secure booting (part 2)  via planet.debian.net:

very good good article @ http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/5850.html
(Part 1 here: http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/5552.html)

from the article:
These are the facts:

Windows 8 certification requires that hardware ship with UEFI secure
boot enabled.
Windows 8 certification does not require that the user be able to
disable UEFI secure boot, and we've already been informed by hardware
vendors that some hardware will not have this option.
Windows 8 certification does not require that the system ship with any
keys other than Microsoft's.
A system that ships with UEFI secure boot enabled and only includes
Microsoft's signing keys will only securely boot Microsoft operating
systems.

...

The truth is that Microsoft's move removes control from the end user
and places it in the hands of Microsoft and the hardware vendors. The
truth is that it makes it more difficult to run anything other than
Windows. The truth is that UEFI secure boot is a valuable and
worthwhile feature that Microsoft are misusing to gain tighter control
over the market. And the truth is that Microsoft haven't even
attempted to argue otherwise.



On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 7:03 AM, Jurgen Gaeremyn
<jurgen.gaeremyn op pandora.be> wrote:
> Have a read here:
>
> http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/will-windows-8-block-users-from-dual-booting-linux-microsoft-wont-say/10772
>
> Grtz,
> Jurgen.
>
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