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Re: [LUG] Will Windows 8 block users from dual-booting Linux? Microsoft won't say...

 

On 21/09/11 23:53, Roland Tarver wrote:
http://url.drogon.net/0g

"Summary: Some are concerned that Microsoft’s coming Windows 8
secure-boot technologies and policies could result in users being
unable to dual-boot Linux alongside Windows 8. Microsoft officials
aren’t commenting on whether the worries are unfounded or grounded."

More dirty tricks?

roly :-)

A possible attempt at it.
However a signed GPL2 version of grub from the OEM should allow any OS to be installed at will and with luck by then someone will be bringing out multi cpu arm boards and no-one will want to run w8 on those...
Tom te tom te tom


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