Yes, that's why I ended up just disabling secure boot on my laptop (at the time I wanted to install another OS there wasn't even such tool available for the distribution I wanted to install). At least I have an option to disable it completely, I heard some laptops don't even offer the choice to disable it. It feels just the same as when you buy a smartphone and you have to find a hack to root it or install another OS (and possibly loose your warranty). I can't believe that happened to PCs as well
On Aug 24, 2016 12:30 AM, "Russell Hyer" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes, Raphaël, that is an issue. After all, if you have one of those > new fancy laptops (that doesn't have a libre BIOS) to run a > non-Windows kernel, the tool you get to use (that you can find > packaged into the Ubuntu boot discs) is actually a self-signed hack by > Microsoft (MS) to allow you to boot ANY system, and the system > "validates" itself. So, yeah, the commercial systems aren't worth > much, but at least they allow you to undo the security, by pressing > the hollywood button (TM). > > :) > > Russell >
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