I just read an article on Phoronix And I'm starting to worry, not because a solution won't be found in the long run, but because manufacturers allow this kind of thing thanks to Don Dinero, as we all know.
Normally to install any distribution of GNU / Linux, most of the users use a USB memory since it is more practical, faster and cheaper.
The problem now is that PCs certified with Windows 8 must comply with the «Fast Boot o Quick Boot », so that the hardware and its configuration start up as quickly as possible using this operating system, but this also means that the USB ports are not started at boot, until Windows fully loads.
Yes, whoever has a CD / DVD reader may not find a problem in all this, but it is that to me, even having this type of hardware, I do not feel like accepting that these things happen. It's not my whim, it's just that I WANT TO INSTALL VIA USB. Point.
But the last straw is, that Windows does allow you to enable all hardware boot at startup as an option, only after you've entered the OS and accepted its EULA. Or that was what I understood from Phoronix article. WTF?
There is a little more talk about the matter in this blog.