I've been following it. I don't think anyone needs to be too concerned about this issue. There will always be mother board manufactures building boards that allow you to enable or disable this feature from the BIOS, even if we do start to see some of the big OEMs locking this option in. There are enough Linux users in the world (especially in the large tech company crowd) that there will always be a market for hardware that it can run on.
If it really becomes problematic, we'll start seeing signed Linux kernels, even if that would be a royal pain for the developers to coordinate. What this might effect (at least in the short term) is the ease with which a novice user can insert a CD and suddenly have both Ubuntu and Windows on their laptop. That is unfortunate, but for those in the know and/or willing to handpick their hardware and change a BIOS setting, there will continue to be good Linux options (at least until we all switch to Plan9). -Andy Sayler andysayler.com On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 08:18, Alan Peterson <[email protected]>wrote: > Anybody following this story? > > > http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/management/231602140?wc=4&vXFf=&cid=sem_edit_security&vQZf= > > Here's the bumpersticker version: > A security feature planned for inclusion in Windows 8 - the Unified > Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) - will only cooperate with an OS using > digital certificates that PC firmware recognizes. Microsoft is reportedly > requiring that PC manufacturers who ship Windows 8-compliant machines enable > this "Secure Boot" by default. But that certification program doesn't > include a stipulation that OKs non-Windows operating systems. In short, > Linux, ColecoVision OS-7, TOPS-20 or whatever you happen to like installed > on "Windows 8 certified" machines may not even boot. > > Other details about UEFI can be seen at: > > http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/secure-boot-windows-8-worries-researchers-092211 > > All I can say is there better be an easy way to turn this Secure Boot > "default" feature off. I don't want to run on hand-me-down Dells for the > rest of my life. > > -AP > _______________________________________________ > Rivendell-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.rivendellaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev >
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