http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/...wont-say/10772
Quote:
There’s a report circulating — originating with a Red Hat employee — that says Microsoft’s new secure-boot functionality in Windows 8 could preclude users from running both Windows and Linux on their PCs.
True or false? Well-grounded or unfounded? Microsoft execs will not comment — which is leading many to assume it’s true.
Matthew Garrett, a power management and mobile Linux developer at Red Hat, blogged about the possible lock-out scenario on September 20. He explained how the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) technology and Microsoft’s secure-boot plans — outlined in a new blog post on the “Building Windows 8″ blog this week — potentially could thwart those who want to dual boot Linux and Windows 8 on their Windows 8 machines.
Garrett’s conclusion: “It’s probably not worth panicking yet. But it is worth being concerned.”
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u-Bob's contribution: this would also prevent people from running Truecrypt and similar full disk encryption tools with pre-boot auth.