On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 11:46:11AM -0600, Connie Sieh wrote:
> 
> If a i386/x86_64 laptop is certified for the "Windows 8 logo" then
> it has to have "secure boot" enabled in the bios(uefi) by default as
> required by Microsoft.  Secure boot requires a 'signed by microsoft'
> program to boot. But the bios(uefi) is REQUIRED to have a method to
> turn off the "secure boot" option and thus not require a microsoft
> signed os.
>

Is all this still theoretical? I have not seen any recent laptops,
but on recent desktop mobos (from ASUS), indeed, in the BIOS setup,
I see the button to enable "secure boot". This button is "off" by default,
Linux boots just fine.

So is there an issue bigger than having to go into the BIOS setup
to turn off "secure boot"?

In other news, when people ask me "which Linux laptop to buy?", I tell
them to buy a Mac. For all practical purposes MacOS acts as a funny Linux,
the main difference being that all the hardware and software actually
does works as advertised. (That does cost you a few extra $$$, of course).

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