I have an Asus notebook and I've looked it throughly and haven't found any way of turning off UEFI. I managed to install Linux by trial and error but it boots directly to Linux, I haven't the option of selecting Windows and it was hard to get Linux working on it. No forum, how-to or mailing list were helpful to me. My Linuxers friends, when I requested help, classified me as 'Our first UEFI victim'. I'm worried to not be able to install Linux anymore in new computers.

So Linus Torvalds selection of adjectives to express his disapproval anything ranging from technology to color of his socks is still news-worthy? Aren't we already used and not surprised by that?