Re: [tlug] Windows 8 secure boot would exclude Linux

[Jack Morgan <jack@example.com>]

On 10/13/2011 04:13 AM, Charles Muller wrote:
> This article, and others, are warning of the latest exclusionary 
> move by Microsoft:
> 
> 
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/21/secure_boot_firmware_linux_exclusion_fears/
> 
> Has anyone heard any discussions on possible workarounds? Of course, 
> there is still plenty of time before this becomes a reality...

Older/original article:
http://lwn.net/Articles/447381/

Slashdot response:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/09/22/1347201/demystifying-uefi-the-overdue-bios-replacement

Microsoft's response:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/09/22/protecting-the-pre-os-environment-with-uefi.aspx



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