<html><head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div><div></div><div>Hi all,</div><div><br></div><div>Short explanation about UEFI; with secure start option of UEFI -which is new bios software which will become widespread next year- boot, binary and device drivers which doesn't contain valid signature -authorized organization is not definite- will be blocked at hardware level. This feature must be on as default to get "Windows 8 compatible" badge. So most of producers started to use UEFI in their products.</div><div><br></div><div>This means -even it can be disabled from bios settings- <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">that we can't install Linux until we find this option in bios and disable it in new computers. And any other O/S except Windows 8 can't be installed </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);">on some laptops which doesn't contain detailed bios features.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span></span>For this reason, i suggest you attend the petition of FSF:</div><div><a href="http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/secure-boot-vs-restricted-boot" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-result="4"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/secure-boot-vs-restricted-boot</font></a><br><span></span><br>And i want to ask what we can do to create awareness?<br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">--</span><br></div><div><div>Türker Sezer</div></div></div><div>TS Design Informatics</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.tsdesign.info/">http://www.tsdesign.info/</a></div><div><span></span></div></body></html>