[Linux-aus] Stand up for Linux. Stop Microsoft killing Desktop Linux.

[Jason Nicholls]

See Matthew Garrett's blog on this:

http://mjg59.livejournal.com/138973.html (part 1)
http://mjg59.livejournal.com/139232.html (part 2)

On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 8:44 PM, Adam Nielsen <a.nielsen at shikadi.net> wrote:

> > It as part of the Windows 8 OEM scheme Microsoft requires the OEM's to
> lock
> > down the computer to only run windows 8 or other "authorized" OS'es via a
> > signature system.[1] for "security" reasons.
>
> Has anyone actually seen proof of this?  From what I've seen it will be up
> to
> manufacturers whether they provide some ability to sign your own code or
> not
> to work with their hardware.  Can you imagine how much Dell would lose on
> their 30-day no-questions-asked guarantee if Linux people started returning
> thousands of new PCs because they couldn't install Linux on them?  Hell,
> I'd
> buy a bunch of new PCs just to return them if that ever happened :-)
>
> I don't think Microsoft would seriously consider requiring manufacturers to
> lock out other operating systems (that's just asking for trouble, MS aren't
> stupid) so I think people might be panicking a bit too soon.  Let's not
> forget
> all the hassle they had for merely preinstalling a web browser...
>
> I for one would gladly sign my newly compiled Linux kernel for the
> increased
> security it could offer.  Having recently had to clean up a rootkit, I look
> forward to the day when I can set my system up so that even root can't run
> binaries unless they've been signed by my distro.
>
> Cheers,
> Adam.
>
>
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