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Windows 8 to include secure boot using UEFI 2.3.1 (And locking out linux?
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| September 2nd
Posted on 09/06/2011 3:38:15 PM PDT by Halfmanhalfamazing
Secure boot only works in UEFI mode, thus preventing legacy booting in 16-bit mode. The Linux community has been quick to point out that generating signed bootloaders may be problematic for open source operating systems.
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TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: linux; windows; windows8
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To: NoLibZone
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posted on
09/06/2011 6:10:31 PM PDT
by
Halfmanhalfamazing
( Media doesn't report, It advertises. So that last advertisement you just read, what was it worth?)
To: Kirkwood
Why shouldn’t there be any competition?
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posted on
09/06/2011 6:11:32 PM PDT
by
Halfmanhalfamazing
( Media doesn't report, It advertises. So that last advertisement you just read, what was it worth?)
To: Halfmanhalfamazing
I’m talking about Windows security. Competition has nothing to do with it. Install linux on a bare system if you want an open source system. I have multiple linux systems running, but they are’t running windows.
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posted on
09/06/2011 6:14:52 PM PDT
by
Kirkwood
(Zombie Hunter Hobbit)
To: Halfmanhalfamazing
Linux fans need to crowd fund a bios and mobo designs.
The market must be huge.
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posted on
09/06/2011 6:18:40 PM PDT
by
NoLibZone
(Democrats are violent. Prisons are overflowing with democrats convicted of violent crimes.)
To: Kirkwood
But this mode is in the BIOS.
A wise investor needs to get started creating Linux BIOS’s and Mobo’s.
The market must be huge.
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posted on
09/06/2011 6:28:34 PM PDT
by
NoLibZone
(Democrats are violent. Prisons are overflowing with democrats convicted of violent crimes.)
To: Charlespg
Good luck! Bayer “Back & Body” also works on tremendous headaches also.....
To: killermosquito
Did you follow some instructions somewhere ...Download the
Kubuntu ISO file, then burn (not copy) the file to a CD.
Insert your USB flash drive and (quick) format it to FAT32.
Restart your computer, use F12 for boot options and boot from the CD. Load Kubuntu using the "Try" option, then follow
these instructions.
I had some "bumps" along the way - let me know how you make out.
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posted on
09/07/2011 5:32:36 AM PDT
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: rdb3; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; Salo; Bobsat; JosephW; ...
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posted on
09/07/2011 8:23:44 AM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: Squantos
From the original article -
" Secure boot is designed to protect computers from attacks which take place before the operating system has even booted. "
... sheesh.... I understand after reading a little that UEFI is more than specifications for a secure boot loader, but it also seems that the very need for a boot loader like this is entirely brought about by the perpetuation of the second rate operating systems that MS produces.:-)
It's a lot like the state of the current Anti-Virus industry. The whole thing would be largely a moot point if everybody ran OSX or Linux instead of Windows. :-) Oh well. :-)
To: Halfmanhalfamazing
Why can’t linux work in this environment? Doesn’t this protect against root kits and such? Isn’t this a good thing? Or is it a bunch of pain with no upside?
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posted on
09/07/2011 10:41:35 AM PDT
by
for-q-clinton
(If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)
To: hiredhand
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posted on
09/07/2011 4:35:36 PM PDT
by
bajabaja
(Too ugly to be scanned at the airports.)
To: NoLibZone
No more BIOS. This is UEFI, the next generation that does what BIOS used to do in its primitive way.
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