The Linux Foundation UEFI Secure Boot System Released

The Linux Foundation's UEFI Secure Boot pre-bootloader for independent Linux distros and software developers has finally been released. Announcing the release of the secure boot system James Bottomley noted that the signed pre-bootloader was delivered by Microsoft on February 6th. A signed pre-bootloader will allow for chain-loading of boot-loader of any other operating system thereby enabling users to install non-signed Linux distros on Windows 8 UEFI hardware. This would make it especially easy for smaller Linux distributions that don't have the time or resources to get their own Microsoft-verified key. There's validated PreLoader.efi and HashTool.efi files. [Download Link]