[Ilugc] Windows 8 OEM Computers to lock you out of dual boot?
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- Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2011 15:23:52 +0530
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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.
I appreciate your response to my opinions but they were mere opinions on
the article.
It will help if we can keep the thread in the context of the article
instead of focusing on someone's opinions.
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