Peachy Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 The Linux Foundation has announced its solution to installing Linux distros on systems that ship with Windows 8 and SecureBoot enabled: http://www.linuxfoun...tem-open-source 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 What a cluster-screw, round-your-arse-to-get-to-your-elbow solution! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 It's just a stopgap measure to give distros time to come up with their own implementation to take advantage of secure boot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amenditman Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 It still uses a license purchased from Microsoft. That is the part I object to. I do not want to have to ask anyone's permission to do whatever I want with my stuff. Paying for that permission, even second hand through the Linux Foundation, is completely unacceptable. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Totally agree, but just because we don't doesn't mean others might (especially those that are not very knowledgeable yet), or maybe even enterprise users. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunrat Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 You can roll-your own keys if you can understand the instructions. http://blog.hansenpartnership.com/easier-way-to-take-control-of-uefi-secure-boot-platform/ It appears you need to install an .rpm file from git, maybe try alien an a .deb based system. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 Yes, of course. But not all people feel comfortable enough with Linux to do that, or to compile their own programs ... yet. They may in time, but not everyone is really comfortable enough to do either or both of those things. So, yeah, it is nice that The Linux Foundation did this for those folks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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