Ubuntu Lays Plans For Getting Past UEFI SecureBoot 393
An anonymous reader writes "Canonical has laid out their plans for handling UEFI SecureBoot on Ubuntu Linux. Similar to Red Hat paying Microsoft to get past UEFI restrictions, Canonical does have a private UEFI key. Beyond that they will also be switching from GRUB to the more liberal efilinux bootloader, and only require bootloader binaries be signed — and they want to setup their own signing infrastructure separate from Microsoft."
Re:UEFI SecureBoot is a catastrophy (Score:4, Funny)
Well let's see...
"My 24" Core 2 Duo iMac has EFI Boot" vs "UEFI SecureBoot is crippling the computer"
hmm...
"My 24" Core 2 Duo iMac has EFI Boot" vs "UEFI SecureBoot is crippling the computer"
ehhh...
"My 24" Core 2 Duo iMac has EFI Boot" vs "UEFI SECURE Boot is crippling the computer"
humm... nope can't see a damned thing different.
Re:UEFI SecureBoot is a catastrophy (Score:4, Funny)
Because noone in their right minds would ever install iTunes on Linux, given how catastrophically bad it is on Windows.
Re:How much of the 'operating system' needs to sig (Score:3, Funny)
Windows 9 will require you to insert your genitals between its spinning blades during the boot process...
Re:Why is this a problem? (Score:4, Funny)
I'm under the impression that, unfortunately, Windows will run on those machines, they just can't be sold as "Windows Certified". It would be fantastic if they stopped it from being installed. The hardware vendors would love it as a vast number more machines would be sold.
Did I just flip into a Bizarro World where there are a ton of people looking to buy PCs which won't boot Windows?