Guys, it's not a big deal, vendor will want the deal with MS, so it will ship the changes they want and satisfy their demands, but also put a small option in the bios to disable it, and add a small warning that doing this isn't safe and bla bla, so they satisfy both sides, only down side is that it'll scare few noobies that's all all this was explained in omg ubuntu's second article about this issue <a href="http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/09/microsoft-attempt-address-windows-8-linux-worries/">http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/09/microsoft-attempt-address-windows-8-linux-worries/</a> <div class="gmail_quote">On Sep 28, 2011 10:00 AM, "Ahmed Kamal" <<a href="mailto:email.ahmedkamal@googlemail.com">email.ahmedkamal@googlemail.com</a>> wrote: > Just that hardware vendors do not care about Linux, also MS will likely use > its monopolistic relationship with OEMs to prevent such a thing. You are no > longer free to install Ubuntu on that HP laptop, HP has to "approve" it > first, that's the problem > > On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 5:14 AM, Ahmed Shams <<a href="mailto:ahmedkhattabshams@gmail.com">ahmedkhattabshams@gmail.com</a>>wrote: > >> Right, but what prevents unix-like systems from getting it's keys into >> UEFI too??? >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Ahmed >> >> -- >> Ubuntu-eg mailing list >> <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-eg@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-eg@lists.ubuntu.com</a> >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-eg">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-eg</a> >> </div>