-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 14/08/12 12:45, Maurice Batey wrote: > On Tue, 14 Aug 2012 10:27:32 +0200, Alejandro López wrote: > >> How can you know before buying the PC whether it has UEFI? Is it >> mentioned somewhere? I thought about asking the selling person, >> but chances are that he/she will have no clue about what UEFI is, >> and will invent the answer. > > In my case, by obtaining confirmation beforehand. > > If they don't know (or if they do know but cannot confirm a > 'Disable Secure Boot' option is available) , I don't buy, and > explain why. > While I consider that a sensible rule generally, I don't in this case. I don't want to disable secure boot for windows - I want to be able to dual-boot knowing that windows is as secure as it can be. I'm afraid that for linux distros I'll be following your rule - if it doesn't give me access to suitable keys so that I can dual-boot securely, I'll change my distro.
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