[Mageia-dev] [council] *ping* Media query: secure boot support

Sander Lepik sander.lepik at eesti.ee
Tue Jan 29 10:26:45 CET 2013


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29.01.2013 11:11, Thomas Backlund kirjutas:
> And for people thinking of Windows 8 dual boot... Win8 does not 
> _require_ SecureBoot either... (only the overprized RT does)
> 
> 
> And personally, I dont think we should ever bother with the
> SecureBoot crap as its flawed in so many ways...


Well, the problem with SecureBoot is in the systems that are sold with
W8 sticker on them. AFAIK, if manufacturer wants to have windows
hardware sertification it has to enable secure boot by default. And
I'm not sure how many systems allow to disable it or how easy it will
be for normal user.

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Sander
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