[Discuss] Fighting UEFI

[Richard Pieri]

On 7/28/2012 1:59 PM, Chuck Anderson wrote:
> To be fair, it isn't UEFI per se that is the problem, it is Secure
> Boot.  My current laptop works just fine in UEFI mode and doesn't
> support Secure Boot.  Most current servers also support UEFI without
> Secure Boot.

It's not even Secure Boot that's a problem.  It's Microsoft's 
requirement that Secure Boot be enabled on hardware that ships with 
Windows 8 and that Secure Boot cannot be disabled on ARM hardware that 
ships with Windows 8.

The typical Linux server or workstation doesn't ship with Windows of any 
flavor.  Linux hardware vendors will continue to ship hardware with 
Linux as an option.  These will not have Secure Boot enabled, or these 
will have the option for owners installing their own certificates, or 
both.  Therefore the whole "issue" is nothing more than FUD as far as 
I'm concerned.

-- 
Rich P.