What you're probably talking about is Secure Boot, and if you search for "secure boot linux", you get articles like http://www.zdnet.com/more-experiments-with-linux-only-uefi-secure-boot-installation-7000014095/ , which say there should be no problems with current hardware.On , Michael Havens wrote:
a bit ago there was a rumor that a computers hardware was going to
become dependent on the operating system. Has that happened yet.....
will I have a problem installing Linux on a new computer?
(Of course, future hardware may not allow you to disable Secure Boot, and future hardware may refuse to recognize the Redhat-signed bootloader, but we'll have to burn those bridges when we get to them....)
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