Lets not flame Microsoft and spread FUD. They might do it but if we, as members of the FOSS community, want to keep up with our higher standards, we must stay reasonable and avoid cheap amalgams and over-simplification.
It doesn't seems that Microsoft disallow the installation or booing of non-MS OSes, or even only Linux-based ones, on a Windows 8 machines. What seems to be the case, is that Windows 8 might require a security measure on these machine that may be practically incompatible with Linux and FOSS in general. I didn't dig the details, but the idea is that any software involved in the boot process will have to be digitally signed by a trusted Certification Authority (CA). Some distributions may be able to provides signed binaries in their package, but if the user cannot be its own trusted CA, then it will be impossible for a home-compiled software to be involved in the boot process unless a workaround (or "hack") allow it to bypass this security measure. See http://boingboing.net/2011/09/21/anti-malware-hardware-has-the-potential-to-make-it-illegal-and-impossible-to-choose-to-run-linux.html Regards, PS: Note that the trust in "trusted CA" doesn't apply to who or what the user trust, but rather who the software and hardware vendors chose to trust to protect their very own interests. PPS: Mandatory link when speaking of security measures misleadingly branded as "Trusted Computing": http://www.lafkon.net/tc/ -- Pierre "mongolito404" Buyle -- ubuntu-be mailing list / mailto:[email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be
