[ale] Micro$oft blocking Linux booting in hardware

[Cameron Kilgore]

I'll be called a shill for this, but where exactly is all the hardware that
uses Restricted Boot at exactly? Seems to me if its part of UEFI, it can be
disabled and you can install Linux without a hitch.

--Cameron <http://ghostfreeman.net>


On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 8:56 AM, Raj Wurttemberg <rajaw at c64.us> wrote:

> /signed
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Bob
> Toxen
> Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 8:31 PM
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: [ale] Micro$oft blocking Linux booting in hardware
>
> Seems to be the most dangerous Microsoft anti-Linux scheme yet; it's a new
> *hardware* standard that could make it impossible to boot Linux or other
> non-Windows operating systems on new PCs.
>
> The Free Software Foundation is taking signatures in an online initiative
> trying to prevent this.
>
> I encourage you to sign it, and to tell your friends.
>
> http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/secure-boot-vs-restricted-boot/statement
>
> I've signed it!  (My long-term signature below seems even more true.)
>
> Bob Toxen
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