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The State Of Linux Distributions Handling SecureBoot

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For those of you curious about the state of available Linux distributions that can handle UEFI SecureBoot on modern PCs certified for Microsoft Windows 8, here's a run-down of the most common Linux environments and their SecureBoot friendliness...

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BernardSwiss ·
Quoting: Matthew also says that the Linux Foundation still hasn't received an officially signed copy of their boot-loader, for more on that see Linux Foundation Struggles With Microsoft UEFI Signing.


I mean, who could ever have even guessed that there might be any problems with that?

{/sarcasm}

djohnston ·
Quoting:I mean, who could ever have even guessed that there might be any problems with that?


I believe it was Michele de Nostradamus. In Century 13, quatrain 13, he says:

Quoting:And it shall come to pass the 800 pound gorilla shall deny entrance to the penguin, when the grain shall be signed.


gus3 ·
That should be easy enough to take care of, with a proper cast:

printf("The grain is %uld.n", (unsigned long) grain);
caitlyn ·
Quoting:I mean, who could ever have even guessed that there might be any problems with that?
Yeah, those of us who claimed Secure Boot was about vendor lock-in were called paranoid and fear mongers, remember. It was all FUD, they said. Uh huh... RMS called it "Restricted Boot" and in this case he was right on the mark.

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