Just installed Fedora Linux on a Toshiba because it's my only option other than Ubuntu, thanks to Microsoft's secure boot

You could use Arch if you have enough patience ;)

Can't you turn it off?

You can turn off secure boot, even on the Surface Pros.

LOL. Secure boot is there for a reason, to protect you. And before some Linux elitist chirps up, no, it's not to lock you in to Windows.

In fact, any Linux distribution can buy a cert from Microsoft to verify that their OS is fine to run with secure boot, that is how Ubuntu and Fedora are able to run.

They shouldn't have to buy a cert though, there should be a check in place but it should be free. Most Linux operating systems are community projects so they won't want to pay for the cert. I'm not anti MS, I'm a .Net Developer and have a surface.

@theImposter Lol, if they didn't have to pay then every malicious OS would get one, therefore nullifying the point of Secure Boot. The cert price isn't thousands of dollars, if that's what you're thinking.

@drRoss I wasn't saying that secure boot shouldn't exist, the same process could take place for however they decide an os is safe without the cost. I wrongly assumed it was expensive though.

@azuredivay uhm ever heard of letsencrypt?

@azuredivay Yeah, Letsencrypt is being used for malicious purposes therefore further highlighting the point, ha. http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlab...