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On 16/12/12 10:07, Tom Brough wrote: > On 16/12/12 08:12, Roland Tarver wrote: >> On 15/12/12 21:43, Philip Hudson wrote: >>> http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/Top-5-Linux-Predictions-for-2013-76823.html >>> >>> >> >> 2013 : Still not the year of the linux desktop then. lol. Points 1-4 >> are all great though lol. >> >> roly :-) >> > Far from it, if anything Microsoft have (yet again) hoodwinked the > industry into applying patches to the bios which could lock out linux > (especially for those that experiment with kernel builds) and limit it > to a few "rich kid distros" that can afford to get their kernels > signed .... patching would become an nightmare and basically all done > in the name of security .... all in the name of "windows security" ... > if they cant sort their bootkit problems without a debilitating bios > boot "feature" then they should not be allowed to market sub standard > code ..... > > I hope for once the EU gets its arse in gear and actually enforces > some of that interoperability legislation they have supposedly > introduced..... Me doubts it. > > The argument about the switch in the bios is very cynical considering > most OEM's will probably decide to save costs and not provide the > switch in the first place ie windows wins by default (again) ...... > > Tom. > So we need to know what to ask for when buying a PC then, so we get hardware with this switch, to turn off these bios features, if the seller can't help then we go elsewhere. Paul -- -- http://drupal.zleap.net skype : psutton111 http://www.linkedin.com/pub/paul-sutton/36/595/911 http://www.raspberrypi.org http://www.ubuntu.com -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq