Until I can afford it, It's theoretical. Hoping to hear in a week if I got a major real job, then it'll not only move from theoretical--it'll move to NECESSARY.
On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 6:14 PM, Konstantin Olchanski <olcha...@triumf.ca> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 11:46:11AM -0600, Connie Sieh wrote: >> >> If a i386/x86_64 laptop is certified for the "Windows 8 logo" then >> it has to have "secure boot" enabled in the bios(uefi) by default as >> required by Microsoft. Secure boot requires a 'signed by microsoft' >> program to boot. But the bios(uefi) is REQUIRED to have a method to >> turn off the "secure boot" option and thus not require a microsoft >> signed os. >> > > Is all this still theoretical? I have not seen any recent laptops, > but on recent desktop mobos (from ASUS), indeed, in the BIOS setup, > I see the button to enable "secure boot". This button is "off" by default, > Linux boots just fine. > > So is there an issue bigger than having to go into the BIOS setup > to turn off "secure boot"? > > In other news, when people ask me "which Linux laptop to buy?", I tell > them to buy a Mac. For all practical purposes MacOS acts as a funny Linux, > the main difference being that all the hardware and software actually > does works as advertised. (That does cost you a few extra $$$, of course). > > -- > Konstantin Olchanski > Data Acquisition Systems: The Bytes Must Flow! > Email: olchansk-at-triumf-dot-ca > Snail mail: 4004 Wesbrook Mall, TRIUMF, Vancouver, B.C., V6T 2A3, Canada