[sf-lug] Microsoft trying to shut out dual-booting machines with UEFI...

[Jeff Bragg]

Incentive for me to continue to steer clear of MS Windows entirely (or only
virtualized).

On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 12:38 PM, Dan Murphy <mmdmurphy at gmail.com> wrote:

> Incentive enough for me to NOT upgrade, if this proves to be the case.
>
> On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 12:22 PM, Bobbie Sellers
> <bliss-sf4ever at dslextreme.com> wrote:
> > Hi LUGs,
> > "Matthew Garrett, a Red Hat <http://www.redhat.com> engineer, gets the
> > credit for spotting Microsoft’s latest anti-Linux move. In a blog
> posting,
> > Garrett explains that Windows 8 logo guidelines require that systems have
> > Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) <http://www.uefi.org/home/>
> > secure boot enabled. This, in turn, would block Linux, or any other
> > operating system, from booting on it."
> >
> > <
> http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/microsoft-tries-to-block-linux-off-windows-8-pcs/9572
> >
> >
> > and at
> >
> > <
> http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/will-windows-8-block-users-from-dual-booting-linux-microsoft-wont-say/10772?tag=content;siu-container
> >
> >
> > To get more on UEFI a
> > <http://www.uefi.org/home/>
> >
> > later
> > Bobbie Sellers
> >
> >
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