On Thu, 2012-06-07 at 06:20 -0400, Tom H wrote: > On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 3:46 PM, Roger Leigh <rle...@codelibre.net> wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 06, 2012 at 01:07:23PM -0400, Tom H wrote: > >> > >> What's non-free about signing the "boot-chain"? > > > > Do I have the freedom to build and install and boot my own kernel? > > > > No? Looks like I lost the freedom to have any semblance of control > > over my own hardware. > > You can buy a key from Verisign, etc... > > I'll be buying a new laptop in December/January and I'll give that a > try. We'll see how much of a PitA it's going to be. > >
If I should need to buy a key from a company handling the UEFI keys, assumed it's not a Linux related company, to use Linux with a self build kernel, I would drop Linux soon. Fortunately there are laws against monopolies, so I suspect that for x86_64 mobos UEFI always can be disabled. I also won't use a closed source bootloader-bootloader from a company like Microsoft. They often offended laws and I'm sure they'll continue to violate laws. - Ralf -- 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/1339070920.3331.47.camel@precise
