Non-Windows OSS on Lenovo Secured-core PCs is trickier than it should be (opens in new tab)

> Lenovo's laptops caused a disturbance last week after a security engineer found himself unable to boot up a copy of Linux due to restrictions that are apparently insisted upon by Microsoft.

> Matthew Garrett, an information security architect, was keen to check out Lenovo's latest Pluton-equipped wares but found himself unable to boot Linux from a USB stick "for no obvious reason."

Personally, I don't see the a big problem. When you buy a computer with Microsoft Windows pre-installed by the OEM, it's not unreasonable to expect the platform to be configured by the OEM to only trust that pre-installed operating system. If the end user decides to install another operating system, it should also their responsibility to reconfigure the system with the appropriate keys to trust the operating system they are installing.