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] 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

2011-09-21 Thread Dennis K
On 09/21/2011 05:41 PM, George Patterson wrote: > On 21 September 2011 14:55, Chris Samuel wrote: >> This looks like something to keep an eye on.. Matthew >> Garrett (the guy who makes peoples laptops work with Linux >> and has to deal with EFI & Linux - makes you wonder what >> awful thing he di

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

2011-09-21 Thread George Patterson
On 21 September 2011 14:55, Chris Samuel wrote: > This looks like something to keep an eye on..  Matthew > Garrett (the guy who makes peoples laptops work with Linux > and has to deal with EFI & Linux - makes you wonder what > awful thing he did in a past life) writes about a worrying > requiremen