On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 10:44 PM, technocraze <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >Even if windows restricts, the open source community can overcome this by > another boot loader. > >Why install windows first? Install Linux First, and then windows, so that > Linux boot loader handles all boot startup? > >Atleast that's how i do in my system.. > > I don't believe you understood the problem. Microsoft has total dominance over the PC market. They have 95% of the market share. They can require the hardware manufacturers to include _only_ their signing keys in the boot loader. This would lock out their competition. When booting the operating system this keys uses a protocol that is based on public key cryptography to check the kernel and other components of the system for integrity, if it fails the system wouldn't boot. You can no way install GNU/Linux in such system. Even if the hardware manufacturers agree to include signing keys of Linux vendors, Still people who wish to run their own kernel won't be able to do so. Please read http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/5850.html -- Arun S.A.G http://zer0c00l.in/ _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
