Re: [free-software-melb] Microsoft requires Windows 8 logo systems to not boot unsigned OS's

2011-09-25 Thread Chris Samuel
On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 05:41:01 PM George Patterson wrote: > Ahhh Trusted (read Treacherous) Computing. I thought that idea was > buried years ago. I guess the question will be, will the purchaser > of the hardware be able to install a non-Microsoft OS? It depends if the system is Windows 8 certifie

Re: [free-software-melb] Microsoft requires Windows 8 logo systems to not boot unsigned OS's

2011-09-25 Thread Chris Samuel
On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 07:00:56 PM Dennis K wrote: > Focusing on usability Umm, this wasn't about usability, this was about Microsoft working to prevent booting of anything other than Windows 8 on new consumer PC's. cheers, Chris -- Chris Samuel : http://www.csamuel.org/ : Melbourne, VIC Thi

Re: [free-software-melb] late Gen X experimenters with Linux

2011-09-25 Thread Clockwork PC
Hi Andrew, It's great to read about your "experimentalism" -- my experience of learning about computers is similar. I don't think there's much to be gained from wishing that Stallman would drop inconvenient beliefs; Skype is probably the best example of non-Free software out there, by the way, an