[ale] Micro$oft blocking Linux booting in hardware

[Raj Wurttemberg]

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-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Bob
Toxen
Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 8:31 PM
To: ale at ale.org
Subject: [ale] Micro$oft blocking Linux booting in hardware

Seems to be the most dangerous Microsoft anti-Linux scheme yet; it's a new
*hardware* standard that could make it impossible to boot Linux or other
non-Windows operating systems on new PCs.

The Free Software Foundation is taking signatures in an online initiative
trying to prevent this.

I encourage you to sign it, and to tell your friends.

http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/secure-boot-vs-restricted-boot/statement

I've signed it!  (My long-term signature below seems even more true.)

Bob Toxen
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