Windows 8's use of the UEFI Secure Boot

[Jim Byrnes]

On 09/23/2011 12:47 PM, Bill Stanley wrote:
> I heard about the UEFI Secure Boot feature that might impair installing
> an alternate OS (Linux) or prevent the use of Dual Boot. Supposedly it
> would be a part of the motherboard hardware and prevent ANY changes to
> the boot sector. Supposedly it would prevent root-kits as there would be
> no way to get around it. Has anybody heard more about this and what
> would the Ubuntu community do about this?
>
> Bill Stanley
>

There is some info here:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/23/ms_denies_uefi_lock_in/

Regards,  Jim