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Could the "Surface" tablet, be fixed to run ANDROID? | 278 comments | Create New Account
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Could the "Surface" tablet, be fixed to run ANDROID?
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, June 21 2012 @ 08:32 AM EDT
Not if M$ have anything to do with it (least with the ARM Surfaces): See here Is anything being done by anyone (Google?) to stop Microsoft's attempts to completely monopolise things?

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UEFI
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, June 21 2012 @ 12:21 PM EDT
Almost certainly not. It will ship with UEFI enabled and will refuse to boot any
code not signed by Microsoft's encryption key. You might own it but you'll never
pwn it. Only an idiot would buy such a crippled piece of kit.

Sadly the world is full of idiots.

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  • UEFI - Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, June 21 2012 @ 12:38 PM EDT
    • UEFI - Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, June 21 2012 @ 02:27 PM EDT
      • UEFI - Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, June 21 2012 @ 05:00 PM EDT
        • UEFI - Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, June 22 2012 @ 07:42 AM EDT
  • UEFI - Authored by: Wol on Thursday, June 21 2012 @ 05:03 PM EDT
Likely not. But then RH/Fedora
Authored by: jesse on Thursday, June 21 2012 @ 09:42 PM EDT
Likely not. But then RH/Fedora did pay for a signed boot loader...

That distribution might not be available yet, but you could ask when you can
actually get one of the devices.

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