Connection Information in Ubuntu Desktop 16.04

2016-07-03 Thread Contact Orielstar
Folks, I'm almost embarrassed to bother you with this - it's such a small issue - but still, I guess we need to know about everything big or small... I have 3 DNS servers set up in my network connection, and when I go to connection information it shows me the Primary, Secondary and *Ternary*

Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Secure Boot Policy

2016-07-03 Thread Tom H
On Sun, Jul 3, 2016 at 4:34 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Sun, 3 Jul 2016 15:18:44 -0500, Kaosu NA wrote: >> >> Not only will something like this be more user-friendly, but it >> also allows a large number of Ubuntu users to take advantage of a >> modern security technology without giving up usabil

Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Secure Boot Policy

2016-07-03 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Oops :D >On Sun, 3 Jul 2016 15:18:44 -0500, Kaosu NA wrote: >>Not only will something like this be more user-friendly, but it >>also allows a large number of Ubuntu users to take advantage of a >>modern security technology without giving up usability. > >Secure boot is modern, but it is useful f

Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Secure Boot Policy

2016-07-03 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 3 Jul 2016 15:18:44 -0500, Kaosu NA wrote: >Not only will something like this be more user-friendly, but it >also allows a large number of Ubuntu users to take advantage of a >modern security technology without giving up usability. Secure boot is modern, but it is useful for Linux and BSD

Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Secure Boot Policy

2016-07-03 Thread Kaosu NA
I found a few typos that need to be corrected to avoid confusion: 1) /etc/kernel/postint.d should be /etc/kernel/postinst.d 2) The suggested command for the script in the above directory should be /usr/src/linux-headers-$(uname -r)/scripts/sign-file sha256 /path/to/keys/VBOX.priv /path/to/keys/VB

Ubuntu 16.04 Secure Boot Policy

2016-07-03 Thread Kaosu NA
I do not see why the developers have chosen to prompt users to disable secure boot in order to install third-party drivers. While I understand that Canonical is unable to use their key to sign kernel modules generated by DKMS, it would be trivial to generate, sign and import a key for select third-