just to remember us that we all have a BIG problem here: Installing Linux on Windows 8 PCs: No easy answers | ITworld http://www.itworld.com/software/287946/there-will-be-no-easy-way-install-linux-windows-8-pcs
Free Software Foundation recommendations for free operating system distributions considering Secure Boot — Free Software Foundation — working together for free software https://www.fsf.org/campaigns/secure-boot-vs-restricted-boot/whitepaper-web TechBytes Episode 69: Richard Stallman on Restricted Boot (UEFI), Coreboot, GRUB, and Boot Freedom | Techrights http://techrights.org/2012/07/17/rms-on-uefi/ fedora's or ubuntu's "solutions" are NOT solutions... in my opinion, such kind of approach - that simply try to overcome the obstacle (as long, not for long, will be allowed to do it) - are as a passive and implicit acceptance of an injustice, encourage us to not fight enough for a radical solution (as the total elimination of any TC/DRM system) and leave room for the enemies of our freedom for future abuse others: in this way end up being part of the problem than a solution ... but, more generally, we have a pressing need to fight in a radical way against the increasing pervasiveness of systems TC/DRM... before it's too late! i think that avoid buying hardware (computers, smartphones, readers, etc.) with Restricted Boot (UEFI) and/or ANY pre-installed proprietary operating system can be a first step, but it certainly is not remotely enough ... regards -- al3xu5 / dotcommon Support free software! Join FSF: http://www.fsf.org/jf?referrer=7535 ______________________________________________________________________ Public GPG/PGP key block ID: 1024D/11C70137 Fingerprint: 60F1 B550 3A95 7901 F410 D484 82E7 5377 11C7 0137 Key download: http://bitfreedom.noblogs.org/files/2010/08/dotcommon.asc [ Please, DO NOT send my key to any keyserver! ]
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