<div><div>I'll be called a shill for this, but where exactly is all the hardware that uses Restricted Boot at exactly? Seems to me if its part of UEFI, it can be disabled and you can install Linux without a hitch.</div>
<div><br></div><div>--Cameron<a href="http://ghostfreeman.net" target="_blank"></a><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 8:56 AM, Raj Wurttemberg <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rajaw@c64.us">rajaw@c64.us</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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Seems to be the most dangerous Microsoft anti-Linux scheme yet; it's a new<br>
*hardware* standard that could make it impossible to boot Linux or other<br>
non-Windows operating systems on new PCs.<br>
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The Free Software Foundation is taking signatures in an online initiative<br>
trying to prevent this.<br>
<br>
I encourage you to sign it, and to tell your friends.<br>
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<a href="http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/secure-boot-vs-restricted-boot/statement" target="_blank">http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/secure-boot-vs-restricted-boot/statement</a><br>
<br>
I've signed it! (My long-term signature below seems even more true.)<br>
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