Microsoft tries to block Linux off Windows 8 PCs

[Mel Wilson]

On 11-09-22 09:04 AM, William Park wrote:
>> T he central point in all of this is that ANY OS that is not properly
>
>> signed in Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) will not be
>> allowed to boot. In other words, NO Linux will run (unless the
>> hardware vendor has included a signature for YOUR Linux distro.),
>> ditto old versions of Microsoft Windows, ditto other free OSs such as
>> FreeBSD. The reason the hardware vendors would add UEFI is because
>> they will not be able to use the Windows 8 logo without UEFI. Bottom
>> line, this is Microsoft under the cover of "security" attacking Linux,
>> other free OSs and old versions of Windows.
>
> Time for new computer.  God bless Microsoft.

I suspect it's time for an *old* computer, while they last. After 
that, I guess it'll be ARM9, ARM11 and Dragons if we're going to 
compute what we need to compute.

Linux is a good platform for running programs.  Windows is a good 
platform for buying programs.

	Mel.

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