Free Software Foundation: Windows 8 secure boot requirement could lock out Linux The Free Software Foundation has launched a campaign claiming that Windows 8-certified PCs might prevent users from booting into GNU/Linux. The mandatory "secure boot" facility in the systems' Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) might better be called "restricted boot," the organization claims. The FSF is concerned that Microsoft and hardware manufacturers will implement the system in a way that will prevent users from booting anything other than Windows.
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