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Having long lost the appetite to stay on top of PC hardware, could someone kind please post a pointer to an article that explain what this UEFI SecureBoot actually means for generic hackers intending to run Linux or $whatever on their computers? What's all the fuss here?

I know how secure booting works and that it would be detrimental if enforced unilaterally but I've also read you can just turn off the UEFI SecureBoot from the equivalent of BIOS settings of these Windows 8 compatible machines.

So, in order to boot into whatever I want, I just tick that check off and go play with my computer like before? If so, then what's the problem?




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