Hi See the troubling article, linked and pasted below.
Am sure that in time there will be a work around, but meanwhile it is troublesome, What do you think ? Does Ubuntu have any comments / responses to this ? ram PS - the first mail with the entire article bounced, so am reposting with only some of the article, the rest will have to be read online Red Hat engineer renews attack on Windows 8-certified secure boot http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/26/uefi_linux_lock_out_row_latest/ A senior Red Hat engineer has lashed back at Microsoft's attempt to downplay concerns<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/23/ms_denies_uefi_lock_in/>that upcoming secure boot features will make it impossible to install Linux on Windows 8 certified systems. Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI <http://www.uefi.org/home>) specifications are designed to offer faster boot times and improved security over current BIOS ROM systems. The secure boot feature of the specification is designed so that only digitally signed OS loaders will load, a security feature that would prevent the installation of generic copies of Linux or FreeBSD as well as preventing rootkits and other boot-time malware from running. A digitally signed build of Linux would work, but that would mean persuading OEMs to include the keys. Disabling the feature would allow unsigned code to run. However, it is unclear how many OEMs and firmware vendors will follow this route, which isn't required for Windows 8 certification. The forthcoming secure boot feature has created a huge row with computer scientists, such as Ross Anderson of Cambridge University (here<http://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2011/09/20/trusted-computing-2-0>), and open-source developers who accuse Microsoft of pushing lock-in and decreasing consumer choice. Microsoft responded<http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/09/22/protecting-the-pre-os-environment-with-uefi.aspx>by saying consumers would continue to control their PC and cited the example of one OEM, Samsung, which is including a "disable secure boot" feature on prototype versions of its tablet PC. <Article Snipped here> -- Ram _________________________________________________________<http://www.munsiari.com> Amazing Indians: Transforming lives in the hills<http://www.timesnow.tv/Amazing-Indians-Transforming-lives-in-the-hills/videoshow/4383022.cms>
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