[aklug] Re: Windows 8 + ubuntu

On 12/28/2012 09:02 PM, Jiin Jade wrote:
> I have not but would love to hear about it.
>
> On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 9:40 PM, Christopher Howard
> <christopher.howard@frigidcode.com
> <mailto:christopher.howard@frigidcode.com>> wrote:
>
> On 12/28/2012 05:21 PM, Jiin Jade wrote:
>
> > Anyhow, the most recent version of Ubuntu(12.10) was able to
> install and
> > boot. I understand Ubuntu and Fedora bought keys from micro$oft so
> they
> > could boot their distro. Microsoft has become the "UEFI Certificate
> > Authority" so to speak for all UEFI/Windows 8 machines. I really think
> > M$ totally screwed themselves on this one. I will NEVER buy any M$
> > installed system every again. It just drives my money directly to
> OEM's
> > supporting Linux and away from the HP's of the world who are willing
> > compromise end user freedom.
> >
>
> Have you played around yet with the key loading/management interface in
> the UEFI? What is it like? How hard or easy it is to work with? What key
> format does it require?
>
> For those of us who have been following the whole secure boot thing, the
> issue of the key management interface has been an open question.
> Apparently interface (or even key loading format) is not specified in
> the UEFI standard, so manufacturers are free to make it as nice or as
> miserable as they wish.
>
>
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>

Can't you just boot up and take a look?

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