[ale] OT: micro mini nano PC

[damon at damtek.com]

The below is not true based on what I *think* I know. Sabayon was (they claim) the first to boot with a secure image and they do it with a self signed cert. Now if hardware MFG don't allow for that, THEN the run of the mill distribution will be in trouble. Nothing (directly) to do with MS at all. And if windows does not want to dual boot, then don't. Rather boot withe two SEPARATE disks and use UEFI bios to boot the appropriate OS. 
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Damom Saturday, 30 January 2016, 06:55PM -05:00 from Alex Carver < agcarver+ale at acarver.net> :

>The problem is that Linux Foundation is entirely dependent on
>Microsoft's good graces to sign their bootloader with Microsoft's key.
>Should Microsoft one day decide it has no desire to do that then that
>locks out many systems that did not provide the kill switch for Secure
>Boot or the ability to add personal signing keys.
>
>
>
>On 2016-01-30 15:44, DJ-Pfulio wrote:
>> SecureBoot is recommended for Linux Workstations by the Linux
>> Foundation.  It is a good idea for everyone, not just Windows.
>> 
>>  https://github.com/lfit/itpol/blob/master/linux-workstation-security.md
>> 
>> Checklist
>> *    System supports SecureBoot (ESSENTIAL)
>> *    System has no firewire, thunderbolt or ExpressCard ports (NICE)
>> *    System has a TPM chip (NICE)
>> 
>> So - it appears a $230 Chromebook (1080p screen) meets these conditions.
>> Nice!
>> 
>> That doesn't mean those corporate overlords (LF overlords) don't have
>> ulterior motives, but it probably does mean that MSFT isn't the only one.
>> 
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