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| Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, June 06 2012 @ 03:07 PM EDT |
> If UEFI motherboards are set such that it can not be set to ...
x86 mobos from OEMs will be able to disable the 'secure boot'. Otherwise they
would not be able to boot Windows 7 or XP and that is what corporates want to
use when they replace their machines.
ARM machines are different in that they will mostly be 'embedded' in that they
will be like iPads and locked. If few buy WinRT ARM devices then the makers will
also have a line of Android or Linux devices.
There may be a reaction against 'secure boot' by consumers and retailers
because, without switching it off, it will stop booting of rescue disks, and
older Windows. The retailers will get many returns and service calls.
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| Authored by: Wol on Wednesday, June 06 2012 @ 05:51 PM EDT |
aiui (read mfg's very good writings on it, you'll find them on lwn) the $99 buys
you a Verisign key that enables you to upload your binary to an MS server for
signing.
So you buy a key, and then you can sign what you like.
That seems to me to defeat the purpose of UEFI, in that if I create and sign
malware, I've just compromised MS's key! They can't be that stupid, can they?
Cheers,
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- $99 dollar tax - Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, June 06 2012 @ 06:15 PM EDT
- $99 dollar tax - Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, June 06 2012 @ 07:41 PM EDT
- Doesn't work like that - Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, June 06 2012 @ 09:43 PM EDT
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, June 06 2012 @ 07:39 PM EDT |
Does anyone know where ubuntu stands on this UEFI issue? Is it paying M$
already?
Or is it not so "cutting edge" right now to be able to run on this new
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, June 06 2012 @ 11:14 PM EDT |
| Assuming nothing "happens" to the validity of their key anyway. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Kilz on Thursday, June 07 2012 @ 01:43 AM EDT |
| Some people will buy a cheap computer Like this one
for $429 and wipe out
Windows and put linux on it. Tiger
direct and other sites like it also have
computers in the
$300-$350 range that have good enough spec's that
people
like my
mom who just surf, write emails, or print out pictures they
took with their camera. UEFI will stop this, and pre
installed Linux is
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