right now, I'm guaranteed to have the opportunity to make that choice on x86 UEFI systems, and I'm guaranteed not to have that choice on a Chromebook.
You actually have much more choice with the Chromebook, because not only does it come with the developer mode which allows you to replace all of the system including the firmware - it also runs a firmware whose source code Google contributed to coreboot nearly a year ago.
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Re: Everything that glitters isn't Secure Boot
Date: 2013-02-05 10:15 pm (UTC)You actually have much more choice with the Chromebook, because not only does it come with the developer mode which allows you to replace all of the system including the firmware - it also runs a firmware whose source code Google contributed to coreboot nearly a year ago.