On Fri, Jan 22, 2016, 5:25 PM John R Pierce <pierce at hogranch.com> wrote: > > yeah, I just realized, duh, secureboot on a VM is not an issue at all, > so never mind all that. > It is an issue. Hyper V gen 2 has supported UEFI with Secure Boot enabled by default for a few years. > > I do think the whole secureboot thing is a bad idea on a general purpose > computer system, seems like an attempt at creating product lock in and > turning the x86 PC into an appliance, which it really isn't. > It's precisely general purpose computers that are most susceptible to what Secure Boot prevents. What the alternative? Chris Murphy