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Free Software Foundation recommendations for free operating system distributions considering Secure Boot

Posted by bob on · 3 comments
Free Software Foundation; By John Sullivan 		Mail this story
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"Under the guise of security, a computer afflicted with Restricted Boot refuses to boot any operating systems other than the ones the computer distributor has approved in advance. Restricted Boot takes control of the computer away from the user and puts it in the hands of someone else. To respect user freedom and truly protect user security, computer makers must either provide users a way of disabling such boot restrictions, or provide a sure-fire way that allows the computer user to install a free software operating system of her choice."

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Comments (3)

kennethh ·
It's about time? Never too late I suppose. Not sure the FSF has much push to make a real difference but at least they are being vocal and helping to set the record straight.
flufferbeer ·
> at least they are being vocal and helping to set the record straight.

@kennethh, I agree. The FSF is trying to get some good info out there to clarify a whole bunch of confusion about Secure Boot.

My big gripe is with title here. Yes, it's obvious after-the-fact from reading the article that it's clearer to write as a title 'Free Software Foundation: recommendations for free operating system distributions considering Secure Boot'. OTOH, I first mistakenly read the title as something like 'Free Software Foundation.... considering Secure Boot', which came as a brief surprise until I actually saw the article!

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Fettoosh ·
@flufferbeer,

You are right, the title and more so the article itself are a bit wordy, but very accurate and informative.

I personally liked the article released by The Linux Foundation. It is very elaborate and clear with very nice up front summary.



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