Bios vendors have to have a way to update a bios, that is the front door to
getting into the UEFI bios and to do what you need to do.
So far no one has mentioned the installation programs or the USB boot
situation. Some newer Laptops may not come with DVD readers.
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> From: Stefan Monnier <[email protected]>
>To: Montreal Linux Users Group <[email protected]>
>Sent: Friday, June 8, 2012 8:19 AM
>Subject: Re: [MLUG] Back to Gnome 2
>
>> And there will be lots of criminal prosecutions. Because breaking a
>> digital lock is illegal in the US and soon also in Canada no matter what
>> the purpose is. (Well, there are a few exceptions, but I haven't
>> noticed installing Linux being one of them)
>
>I wish it were that easy: enough prosecutions against people installing
>GNU/Linux on their desktops would bring bad publicity to these
>ridiculous laws.
>The real problem is that the bad guys are finally learning about real
>crypto, so breaking those digital locks is becoming *real* hard, so you
>can't even break the law in a "civil disobedience" kind of way.
>
>
> Stefan
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