Are you thinking about installing Windows 10? Then forget the dual boot

In recent months Microsoft has been taking a real facelift betting on community development courses and sweepstakes travel to Redmond, and has even decided to make a nod to the users with illegal copies of Windows who want to upgrade to the latest version operating system, although its obvious limitations .

But despite this, Microsoft still has a dark side when dealing with the competition posed by other operating systems, and those who have thought about doing a dual boot with Windows 10 and some GNU / Linux distribution you will have harder than ever because of an old acquaintance, the Secure Boot system.

A round with the Secure Boot

Until now, manufacturers who want to BE ABLE teams put their logo "Designed for Windows 8" had to meet certain requirements, including the inclusion of UEFI Secure Boot was. This system protects the computer against malware that interferes with the process startup, but instead makes it extremely difficult to use other alternative operating systems.

Until now Microsoft had managed to avoid controversy by requiring manufacturers to give users the option to disable this system, with Windows 10 the requirement to make the optional Secure Boot is deleted. In this way, Windows 10 computers will come with this feature enabled by default and many of them would have the option to disable it.

But although this will initially install Linux is much more difficult, we all know that software, like life in Jurassic Park, plows. Currently they are existing GNU / Linux with all appropriate signatures to start with the Secure Boot enabled, so it would be logical to think that in the future all end up adapting to it in order to survive.

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