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

[Vincent Mangelschots]

Microsoft does require that the hardware ships with UEFI secure boot enabled
but it also states that it will support the unsecured boot process. If so
then it's up to the hardware vendors to make it optional.

http://tweakers.net/nieuws/76961/microsoft-secure-boot-blokkeert-andere-besturingssystemen-niet.html
 (dutch)

On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 5:31 PM, Pieter Vande Wyngaerde <
pietervandewyngaerde op gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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