Yes, that's why I ended up just disabling secure boot on my laptop (at the time I wanted to install another OS there wasn't even such tool available for the distribution I wanted to install). At least I have an option to disable it completely, I heard some laptops don't even offer the choice to disable it. It feels just the same as when you buy a smartphone and you have to find a hack to root it or install another OS (and possibly loose your warranty). I can't believe that happened to PCs as well
On Aug 24, 2016 12:30 AM, "Russell Hyer" russell.hyer@gmail.com wrote:
Yes, Raphaël, that is an issue. After all, if you have one of those new fancy laptops (that doesn't have a libre BIOS) to run a non-Windows kernel, the tool you get to use (that you can find packaged into the Ubuntu boot discs) is actually a self-signed hack by Microsoft (MS) to allow you to boot ANY system, and the system "validates" itself. So, yeah, the commercial systems aren't worth much, but at least they allow you to undo the security, by pressing the hollywood button (TM).
:)
Russell