On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 7:10 AM, Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, 23 Sep 2011 08:18:07 +1000, Alex wrote: > >> Any comments on the "Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) >> firmware" and its ability to preclude booting from alternative operating >> systems such as Linux, BSD etc., would be greatly appreciated, as per >> article entitled "Windows 8 secure boot would 'exclude' Linux" at >> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/21/secure_boot_firmware_linux_exclusion_fears/ > > I recently read several IT media articles for that news, but I find them > a bit lacking, that is, what is the real scope for that -crazy- proposal?
It's not that crazy from MS's perspective. Not only is it intended to make Windows more secure (at least from a sales perspective) but it may very well prevent me, for example, from installing Fedora on my netbook as I've done. It's not MS's first attempt. There was a hardware-based attempt a few years ago with Trusted Computing and the TPM chip. IIRC the GNU people re-baptized it Treacherous Computing! :) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOdo=szisgp0r61kg-944ukoxss_gwxbhucoroyjftm6h9y...@mail.gmail.com
