-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 12/02/13 02:14, Pau Garcia i Quiles wrote: > > > On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 2:22 AM, Brandon Holtsclaw > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 5:16 PM, Jonathan Riddell <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Ooh that looks interesting, what makes you think it uses UEFI. What > do you think I mean by UEFI laptop? It's the new firmware to > replace BIOS with evil DRM. > > > I think you may be mixing "UEFI" and "Secure boot" up, All Mac's > and many Intel laptops and server boards now use UEFI instead of a > traditional BIOS, actually nearly 100% produced past 2010. The > UEFI 2.2 specification adds a protocol known as Secure boot that > does the nasty DRM stuff your mentioning. Laptops running UEFI 2.2+ > and using Secure Boot are what your on the hunt for. > > > That's exactly what I suspected: Jonathan meant "UEFI + Secure > Boot", not just plain UEFI. > > According to this blogpost, the G580 does have Secure Boot: > > http://pensivepenguin.com/category/secure-boot-2/ > > And these pictures of my mom's laptop I've just taken confirm that > too: > > http://www.elpauer.org/tmp/g580-secureboot-1.jpg > http://www.elpauer.org/tmp/g580-secureboot-2.jpg > > I'm not sure what "Platform Mode: User" or "Secure Boot Mode: > Standard" mean, though. > > -- Pau Garcia i Quiles http://www.elpauer.org (Due to my workload, > I may need 10 days to answer) > > The Ideapad y580 definitely does, I have it here. I also did a load of testing on the reasons why usb pen drives suck at loading when uefi and secureboot are enabled.
It's also a nice machine to use day to day although a little bulky. - -- You make it, I'll break it! I love my job :) http://www.ubuntu.com http://www.canonical.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with undefined - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlEaJW4ACgkQT5xqyT+h3OhKXACgr5Zq3VK7xdfXEN0OeR7vTnZ4 I3cAnjM4hFlbw424ZJ92RWc2fiP5r0RJ =eCau -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- kubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-devel
