Re: Avoiding restricted boot hardware
On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 11:58 AM, Lars Noodén <lars.nooden@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm reading that the restricted boot problems are far from solved and
> that some of the early hardware [1] in particular objects to Linux. Can
> anyone recommend brands or models of desktop (dinosaur) hardware that is
> currently safe for Debian?
I've installed Ubuntu on four secure-boot laptops without a problem.
> [1] "As it turned out, almost all of the Windows 8 machines
> that first appeared had Secure Boot implemented in such
> a way that Linux was locked out. Workarounds have
> appeared, but..."
This is nonsense (where are his references? FUD!). There have been
problems (see [A] below) but...
(The Samsung problem is an EFI problem not an SB one.)
[A] http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/22028.html
> http://ostatic.com/blog/torvalds-windows-8-secure-boot-tantrum-leads-back-to-microsofts-moves#buzz
This story isn't about secure boot not working, it's about a request
to allow MS-signed binaries to be added on-the-fly as kernel modules.
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