On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 5:46 AM, Carroll Grigsby <cgrigs...@att.net> wrote:
> On Sat, 7 Jul 2012 08:58:31 -0300 > Itamar Reis Peixoto <ita...@ispbrasil.com.br> wrote: > > > On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 7:21 AM, suvayu ali > > <fatkasuvayu+li...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > I realise I can turn Secure Boot off, but hardware manufacturers > > > have often dropped the ball on complying with standards. What if > > > the next generation of motherboards/laptops make it harder to turn > > > off secure boot? Just to make it clear, the questions above are not > > > rhetorical. I just want to understand better the implications as an > > > end-user. > > > > > > > > > I think we are bigger enough to say no and buy only hardware > > compatible. > > > > > > Good luck with that! I've been thinking about replacing this computer > with something newer, so when I was in my local computer store > yesterday, I asked if they had any motherboards or systems that did > not have this UEFI/Microsoft crap installed. Nope. None. Nil. Zilch. > Nada. Ain't no such critter. All gone. It's hiding with Judge > Crater and Jimmy Hoffa. You get the message... > > One can always go through Dell to get a Linux computer without the Micros**t crap. It comes with Ubuntu preinstalled, but one has the option of installing Fedora.
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