On 18/05/12 20:41, Neil Greenwood wrote:
I don't think secure boot would stop you installing VLC, but it may
stop you installing Ubuntu. That's my uninformed understanding, anyway.
From what I understand, Vendors of desktops and laptops will be
"allowed" to let the User turn EFI off - tablet man
>
> People still put plastic disks in their computer when they want to be
> entertained? Retro!
>
> Cheers,
> - --
> Alan Pope
Retroland is also called the countryside. As you know there are a lot
people outside major urban areas whose broadband doesn't get any faster
than 1Mb. Long live plast
>
> Secure Boot doesn't prevent the installation of additional software.
> Everything it does happens before the operating system starts up.
>
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> s/
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> Twitter: @sfgreenwood
> "TBA are particularly glib"
>
Yes, UEFI ensures that only the 'correct' OS starts, but after that, as
I unders
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On 18/05/12 20:18, Barry Titterton wrote:
> It seems that Microsoft will be shipping Win8 without the ability
> to play DVDs.
People still put plastic disks in their computer when they want to be
entertained? Retro!
Cheers,
- --
Alan Pope
Engineerin
On 18/05/12 20:18, Barry Titterton wrote:
It seems that Microsoft will be shipping Win8 without the ability to
play DVDs. They justify it by citing the rise in popularity of streaming
media such as Netflix. Users who really want it will have to pay extra.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/05/04/
On 18/05/12 21:04, Simon Greenwood wrote:
On 18 May 2012 20:18, Barry Titterton
mailto:barry.titter...@mail.adsl4less.com>>
wrote:
It seems that Microsoft will be shipping Win8 without the ability to
play DVDs. They justify it by citing the rise in popularity of streaming
media suc
On 18 May 2012 20:18, Barry Titterton wrote:
> It seems that Microsoft will be shipping Win8 without the ability to
> play DVDs. They justify it by citing the rise in popularity of streaming
> media such as Netflix. Users who really want it will have to pay extra.
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/
> Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 20:41:14 +0100
> From: neil.greenwood@gmail.com
> To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting information in The Register that may be
> useful in evangelism
>
> On 18.05.12 20:18, Barry Titterton wrote:
> > It s
On 18.05.12 20:18, Barry Titterton wrote:
> It seems that Microsoft will be shipping Win8 without the ability to
> play DVDs. They justify it by citing the rise in popularity of streaming
> media such as Netflix. Users who really want it will have to pay extra.
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/201
It seems that Microsoft will be shipping Win8 without the ability to
play DVDs. They justify it by citing the rise in popularity of streaming
media such as Netflix. Users who really want it will have to pay extra.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/05/04/windows_media_dvd_playback_dead/
MS tried t
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