I had no trouble installing linux on that P.O.S. HP I have.  I just had 
trouble with it running linux reliably.


On 11/02/2013 09:57 AM, Matt Graham wrote:
> 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?
>
> 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.
>
> (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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