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Secure boot can be turn off on intel x86 boards, but not ARM based tablets/netbooks running windows 8. Some distros have been able to load with secure boot off, not sure with distros does.
Also secure boot disable has cause windows to have issues too. Secure boot is a ridiculous idea from microsoft.
I can verify secure boot can be disabled and Linux Mint 14 can be installed on Asus laptops. To do so you need to turn off UEFI boot in the BIOS (or UEFI- or whatever we're supposed to call it now). I also enabled launch PXE OpRom, not sure if that makes a difference though.
Also, if you install without disabling the secure boot, the computer will not find Linux. BUT, if you boot from external media you can always select "boot from first hard drive" or something to that effect. May be a useful work around for an ARM system.
To correct that, the UEFI firmware must have an option to disable Secure Boot on x86 mainboards/systems that have the Windows 8 Logo certification. For all other x86 systems this option is not mandatory. It is somewhat ironic, but you get the best Linux compatibility when you buy hardware with Windows 8 logo.
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