[ale] Micro$oft blocking Linux booting in hardware

[Derek Atkins]

Mike Harrison <cluon at geeklabs.com> writes:

> On Thu, 20 Oct 2011, Bob Toxen wrote:
>> http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/secure-boot-vs-restricted-boot/statement
>
> Done.
>
> Remember the real vote is with your wallet. Support the hardware 
> manufacturers that support your choice in OS. Which, while it goes
> without saying, they usually have little knowledge that you are using 
> their hardware with Linux. As a group, we tend to just "make it work",
> It helps a lot to let the manufacturer and/or retailer know you
> bought it because it works with Linux.

my understanding is that there would be a BIOS switch to turn this off.

-derek
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