On 1 June 2012 08:46, Alan Cox <a...@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote: >> We're told that Fedora's bootloader is going to get signed – and by that, >> that must mean "grub", right? > > No. A tiny loader before grub with the Microsoft key is the plan. That's > actually technically quite smart as it means you don't have to keep going > back to Microsoft. Of course in reality because EFI is buggy and full of > work arounds you will. And since it's probably a revenue stream I can > imagine Microsoft will be keen to revoke keys and charge lots of $99 > whenever it can as well. >
Revenue stream or not (probably not given the charge doesn't seem to be per key) what it does do is make Microsoft the gatekeeper for running Linux. Microsoft get to say whether you can run Linux on the hardware. Not the manufacturer, not you the owner, Microsoft. Yes, in theory it will be possible to disable in bios (which they eventually gave way to), but they have played this very well. Never mind revenue stream, they're going to quietly forget they agreed to provide this signing service in fairly short order. -- imalone http://ibmalone.blogspot.co.uk -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
