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>In its 14-page complaint, Hispalinux said Windows 8 contained an "obstruction mechanism" called UEFI Secure Boot that controls the start-up of the computer and
by recoiledsnake 14y ago
>In its 14-page complaint, Hispalinux said Windows 8 contained an "obstruction mechanism" called UEFI Secure Boot that controls the start-up of the computer and means users must seek keys from Microsoft to install another operating system.
Windows 8 contains no such "obstruction mechanism". It will happily boot even if secure boot is not supported on that machine or if it's disabled. Maybe they're trying to get some free publicity with misleading hyperbole and FUD on this as the EU has already knocked down this kind of complaint before.
- benev 14y agoI get your point, but I think that it's not quite right. If you get a computer with Win 8 pre-installed, it won't boot if you turn off Secure Boot. However, I don't have a Win 8 machine on hand to confirm this. Of course, if you have the install discs, you could then re-install it with Secure Boot disabled, but that's a significant extra step (and you can only do it if your OEM supplied you with the discs).
- recoiledsnake 14y ago> If you get a computer with Win 8 pre-installed, it won't boot if you turn off Secure Boot. No, that's not true, it will continue to boot. There's just too much misleading information being spread.