Re: Stand up for Linux. Stop Microsoft from attempting to kill ubuntu and other Linux Distros.

2011-09-25 Thread ruscook
While I agree at face value this is way over the top. Isn't one solution as simple as OEMs putting a motherboard jumper switch their PC that enables disabling the requirement for a signed OS/bootloader? That may not prevent the issue occurring in dual boot scenarios, but it would still give

Re: Stand up for Linux. Stop Microsoft from attempting to kill ubuntu and other Linux Distros.

2011-09-25 Thread Ian Chennell
Isn't this possibly all a storm in a teacup, at this early stage...?? I can see a perfectly legitimate corporate use case for supplying PCs locked at BIOS level so they can't boot anything other than an SOE-approved and digitally signed OS image. This will remove the ability for corporate PCs