a...@gnu.org (Alfred M. Szmidt) wrote:
> Please keep discussions related to technical issues about the GNU system,
> non-free platforms are entierly off-topic for this list.
Please note, @gameonli...@redchan.it sent his letter to two m/l:
gnu-system-disc...@gnu.org and
On 11/5/19 3:07 AM, Florian Weimer wrote:
> * nipponmail:
>
>> Getting GNU/Linux onto a laptop these days is quite the difficulty if
>> you don't know what you're doing because of Secure Boot. It's not a plug
>> and play thing like once it was. Probably discourages alot of users.
>
> Sure, and
* Marcel:
> On 11/5/19 4:11 AM, Florian Weimer wrote:
>> The FSF has given out an award in support of Secure Boot-related work,
>> so its approach to the matter is rather ambiguous.
>
> Looking through fsf.org I couldn't find any award in support of "Secure
> Boot" related work, would you mind
* nipponmail:
> Getting GNU/Linux onto a laptop these days is quite the difficulty if
> you don't know what you're doing because of Secure Boot. It's not a plug
> and play thing like once it was. Probably discourages alot of users.
Sure, and that was totally predictable. But what can we do
I was describing the steps one needs to go through to get a Gnu/Linux
system installed on a laptop. I did it a month or two ago. It's not as
easy as it was in the past because of secure boot. You must use the
pre-installed OS to disable the secure boot: you _cannot_ do it from the
bios.
On
Getting GNU/Linux onto a laptop these days is quite the difficulty if
you don't know what you're doing because of Secure Boot. It's not a plug
and play thing like once it was. Probably discourages alot of users.
Linux doesn't have any security after GrSecurity went proprietary
(something that
* Jean Louis:
> * gameonli...@redchan.it [2019-11-04 14:05]:
>> Windows is required to disable the trusted computing locks in Most new
>> laptops. Other than windows there are only a few signed operating systems
>> that can be installed without disabling said locks, and they are signed by
>>
Please keep discussions related to technical issues about the GNU
system, non-free platforms are entierly off-topic for this list.
And in general, all GNU lists. :-)
Please keep discussions related to technical issues about the GNU
system, non-free platforms are entierly off-topic for this list.
Le lundi 4 novembre 2019 15:09:56 CET, vous avez écrit :
> * Alexandre François Garreau [2019-11-04 15:00]:
> > Purism do not respect users’ freedom:
> > https://libreboot.org/faq.html#will-the-purism-laptops-be-supported
> >
> > Actually they “disable” it, but since it’s proprietary software,
* Alexandre François Garreau [2019-11-04 15:00]:
> Purism do not respect users’ freedom:
> https://libreboot.org/faq.html#will-the-purism-laptops-be-supported
>
> Actually they “disable” it, but since it’s proprietary software, down to the
> cpu, and it still runs proprietary software, you
Le lundi 4 novembre 2019, 14:51:08 CET Jean Louis a écrit :
> * gameonli...@redchan.it [2019-11-04 14:05]:
> > Windows is required to disable the trusted computing locks in Most new
> > laptops. Other than windows there are only a few signed operating systems
> > that can be installed without
* gameonli...@redchan.it [2019-11-04 14:05]:
> Windows is required to disable the trusted computing locks in Most new
> laptops. Other than windows there are only a few signed operating systems
> that can be installed without disabling said locks, and they are signed by
> microsoft.
That is sad
* gameonli...@redchan.it [2019-11-04 12:25]:
> Debian / Devuan installation is very quick and straight-forward, and the
> package vrms (inspired by rms) allows one to check if one has non-free
> packages. You can set up the full disk encryption off the bat there.
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