On Monday, 30 July 2012 13:25:59 UTC+5:30, V. Sasi Kumar wrote: > > Dear Visakh, > > Thank you for posting it to smc. That is where I should have originally > posted it, and, in fact, that is what I thought I had done. Some stupid > oversight it was to post it to lug. Anyway, there is no need to > apologise. You only corrected a mistake that I made. > > Thanks again and regards, > Sasi > > @ Sasi sir: Oops! My bad! Actually, it was the other way around! You did post it to SMC, and I cross posted it from SMC to LUG. That was what I apologised for! :) I think I expressed the idea wrongly and caused the confusion. I will take more care in the future to improve my communication skills! I have to apologise the second time in a single thread! :D
Anyway, I cross posted this because I thought it affected every computer user today - more so the ordinary people. As long as there is an option to disable secure boot, newer computer systems can be used exactly the same way as with BIOS - but with all advantages of UEFI. But Microsoft has already made it clear to OEMs that ARM based systems running windows MUST NOT have an option to disable secure boot. How long before they arm twist OEMs to do the same for x86? If that happens, our only option will be to add our own cryptographic key or the distro's cryptographic key to the UEFI memory (assuming that atleast this option is not taken away). Anyways, it will be one hell of a headache to install other OSs from then on. Regards, Gokul Das -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
