The claim was: > Already there are Intel Laptops being created that will not allow us to replace Windows with Linux or a BSD. The Linux Mint forum post includ

The claim was: > Already there are Intel Laptops being created that will not allow us to replace Windows with Linux or a BSD. The Linux Mint forum post includes this: > To be able to boot Linux on such PCs you need to either disable secure boot in the BIOS or you need to enable the "Allow Microsoft 3rd Party UEFI CA" option in the Security section of the BIOS. Then if you follow the link to the document from Lenovo: > Starting in 2022 for Secured-core PCs it is a Microsoft requirement for the 3rd Party Certificate to be disabled by default. This means that for any of these Lenovo platforms shipped with Windows preinstalled an extra step is needed to allow Linux to boot with secure boot enabled. Following that, Lenovo even gives instructions how to do it. So it seems clear to me that it's allowed and that this does not match the original claim.