...Linux users buy a pc from an OEM? versus buying from a component retailer?
Do you think ASUS, MSI etc will ship their consumer boxed MB's with secure boot enabled? Not if they want to shift any they units won't.
Of course the MB's they supply to HP, DELL etc will have exactly what the OEM wants on it and nothing else.
So we have a situation where Microsoft are looking at the issue from their perspective (shock horror), their competitors are throwing FUD.
You need to be engaging the Todd Bradley's of the world to get a commitment to allow disabling of secure boot if the USER wants to. That way we all win. 90% of the market sees no change and the rest get to choose. Note nothing to do with the OS vendor is required. The FOSS community is making itself look pretty crazy atm sadly.
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Date: 2011-09-23 02:28 pm (UTC)versus buying from a component retailer?
Do you think ASUS, MSI etc will ship their consumer boxed MB's with secure boot enabled? Not if they want to shift any they units won't.
Of course the MB's they supply to HP, DELL etc will have exactly what the OEM wants on it and nothing else.
So we have a situation where Microsoft are looking at the issue from their perspective (shock horror), their competitors are throwing FUD.
You need to be engaging the Todd Bradley's of the world to get a commitment to allow disabling of secure boot if the USER wants to. That way we all win. 90% of the market sees no change and the rest get to choose. Note nothing to do with the OS vendor is required. The FOSS community is making itself look pretty crazy atm sadly.