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That is pretty scary. Is there any way that we can highlight the
issue and bring some pressure to bear?<br>
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Ian<br>
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On 27/09/11 14:54, Arthur Koziol wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:4E81D5AD.5040209@neiu.edu" type="cite">Did you
all catch the big hullabaloo about the future of UEFI and the
whole Secure Boot initiative? If this pans out, it will render
many *nixes uninstallable on Secure Boot configged machines? I
don't want to go shouting conspiracy theory or anything but it
would sure be a great way to kill Linux / *BSD on any future new
hardware.
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Have a read here:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.osnews.com/story/25180/Windows_8_Requires_Secure_Boot_May_Hinder_Other_Software">http://www.osnews.com/story/25180/Windows_8_Requires_Secure_Boot_May_Hinder_Other_Software</a><br>
Arthur
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