From: adam@address.invalid   
      
   Maurice Batey wrote:   
   > On Sun, 29 Jul 2012 08:29:06 -0400, Adam wrote:   
   >   
   >> My /guess/ is that's exactly why (as I understand things) MS changed the   
   >> requirement for Windows 8 certification from "must have secure boot, OEM   
   >> may provide option to disable it if desired" to "must ship with secure   
   >> boot enabled, but must have option to disable secure boot."   
   >   
   >    Doesn't seem to have percolated down to the 3 UK PC suppliers I   
   > contacted!   
   >   
   > None would confirm that a 'Disable Secure Boot option' would be   
   > available...   
      
   Thanks for asking them, Maurice!  They sound more knowledgeable than the   
   "big box" stores where I live.  I see three possibilities:   
      
   1) What I read online is correct, and those vendors just haven't heard   
   it yet.  No problem installing Linux there, except for people scared off   
   by "disable secure boot".   
      
   2) My knowledge is wrong and the vendors are correct.  That will limit   
   Linux to either machines that /can/ disable secure boot, or distros that   
   have bought a signed key.   
      
   3) None of us know what's going on.  Eventually we will all find out   
   that none, some, or all Windows 8 boxes support "disable secure boot".   
      
   Adam   
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