As nix users we should stop supporting Computer Companies that don't give you a way to turn off secure boot. You can still use uefi with out secure boot and if you need to use it ubuntu has the necessary files to enable secure boot. As for people like myself who use arch if i cant turn off secure boot then we just don't support that company with our money.
However in countries like China who are trying to move away from Microsoft spyway they are using Linux so their computer companies will still need to support legacy or a way to turn offsecure boot. On 25 January 2016 at 12:27, Rik Tindall <[email protected]> wrote: > ,.. that is the question. > > A great benefit of running GNU/Linux is the ability to extend longevity of > computer hardware significantly. It works so well that the commercial > upgrade cycle can be broken free of, yet this could invoke being left > behind by technical progress. Summer holiday can be a good time for > catch-up study projects!.. > > So my question please is, are there known pitfalls, risks or performance > losses in disabling UEFI to use legacy boot (BIOS portion) on a modern PC > under *nix? > > Where many Linux kernel distributions well manage EFI now, is there any > gain from having your install do so? That is, are there malware or rootkits > circulating that target Linux, as far as any of us know? > > The question arises because I found that getting my test triple-boot > Windows 7, 10, and Mint desktop platform to work required enabling legacy > boot instead of full EFI. I don't see a 2TB hard drive as necessary or have > use for more than 8GB RAM, so is there anything else I could still need > from UEFI under *nix? > > The new platform is designed for providing user support around Skype, that > on Windows 10 can only be accessed through a registered Microsoft login. > Skype is supported quite well in Mint. (Personally, my solution had been > not to utilise Skype, but rest of the world isn't like that, mostly.) > > With the near future likely to bring manufacturer UEFI lock-in to Windows > 10, that itself appears to be moving towards an annual licence fee (to use > a computer) from 2017, one bottle-neck we might want to be aware of is will > there be enough *nix technicians in the global community to support all the > computer users wanting to keep using the current stock of hardware 'freely'? > > Interesting times. > > Thank you for any feedback, and Happy New Year. > > Regards > > Rik > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > -- Regards Bevan Linux Aficionado and Arch Linux fanboy In a world without fences and walls, who needs Gates and Windows?
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