[Ilugc] Windows 8 OEM Computers to lock you out of dual boot?
- From: akilan27@xxxxxxxxx (Akilan R)
- Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2011 15:02:30 +0530
On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 2:32 PM, 0 <0 at 0throot.com> wrote:
As far as desktop are concerned, I am sure mobo
manufacturers will be sensible enough to sign the linux bootloaders
This will prevent us from compiling kernel ourselves.
or
provide an option to boot even if it is not signed.
This introduces another option that a newbie will have to change. Which, of
course, will be named *disable secure boot*. (OMG-Ubuntu rightly summarised
newbie's reaction thus: "You want me to disable a _security feature_ so I
can boot into this Linux thing?")
Worst comes to worst, it shouldn't be too difficult to patch the UEFI
firmware or replace it with an open source firmware.
Ah, another barrier to Newbie. This seems to be an idea to increase the
height of Windows-Linux jump barrier, without appearing to be fully blocking
it.
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