ButterflyMelissa |
02-06-2013 10:35 AM |
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. MS isnt stupid, just diabolical.
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Umm...not really diabolical...more like... desperate. Have you seen what happened with dell? Simple. They grab a hold of a PC hardware platform, hope to seal themselves in and survive the downfall of locked-in software. Sad, just like in those horror movies where they tape of the doors and windows while the monster is in fact already inside :)
Edit : there have always been devices where a Linux install was/is (will be) a pain in the *** ;) - on the other hand, dell delivers Linux pre-installed servers. Ya really think it's gonna kick that (emerging) market?
More edit : (I'm on the roll here)
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Secure boot doesn’t “lock out” operating system loaders, but is a policy that allows firmware to validate authenticity of components
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And...there is a solution:
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1) Buy bare metal. If you buy a bare metal machine without the Microsoft tax than this isn't going to be an issue.
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from Red Hat engineers themselves. I always built my PC's, then I went to second-hands (save the planet one PC at a time...)
From a page somewhere...
And, by the way, is'nt there a replacement for the BIOS?
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