On Sun, Aug 09, 2015 at 07:47:39PM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Sat, Aug 08, 2015 at 08:16:51PM -0700, Gregory Nowak wrote: > > On Sun, Aug 09, 2015 at 10:13:45AM +0800, Robert Storey wrote: > > > Since > > > I'm a fan of the Raspberry Pi, I definitely want to see another distro > > > available for it that is systemd-free. There is also FreeBSD for the Pi, > > > though I understand it is very much a work in progress, but I'm interested > > > in anything not systemd so I'll keep it on the back burner. > > > > Supposedly M$ is coming out with a port of win10 for it as > > well. Probably not what you're interested in, but since you mentioned > > FreeBSD, I figured I'd throw that in too. > > Doesn't that machine hae teh processor for which Microsoft said that > all its Windowses would be totally locked down? Or have things changed for > Windows 10?
If I recall correctly, what Microsoft said was that to have the "designed for Windows ..." branding or get an OEM license for Windows 8 or later, ARM systems had to have "secure" boot mode locked on. Raspberry Pi doesn't come with Windows; but additionally, the Windows version for it is not the standard[1]. For Windows IoT Core (the version that's provided free for Raspberry Pi 2 and is available for some other embedded boards), the rules are diferent: -"Secure" boot is optional -TPM 2.0 is optional, with some minimum requirements if present; the docs note that it will eventually become mandatory. -almost every possible standardized component is optional Additionally, it's expected that OEMs using Windows IoT Core might not use the MS/Windows interface or branding. I quote the same source: In Windows IoT Core scenarios OEMs may prefer to have no visible Windows or Microsoft presence. [1] Windows 10 IoT Core Insider Preview: Overview and Getting Started http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=532966 HTH, Isaac Dunham _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
