Guest post from James Bottomley, Linux Foundation Technical Advisory Board
I’m pleased to announce that the Linux Foundation and its Technical Advisory Board have produced a plan to enable the Linux (and indeed all Open Source based distributions) to continue operating as Secure Boot enabled systems roll out. In a nutshell, the Linux Foundation will obtain a Microsoft Key and sign a small p
James Bottomley has substantially restructured the mini bootloader, the development of which has been sponsored by the Linux Foundation, to allow any Linux version to be launched on PCs with UEFI Secure Boot...
James Bottomley has substantially restructured the mini bootloader to allow any Linux version to be launched on PCs with UEFI Secure Boot.
Finalmente la questione del Secure Boot su Linux sembra essere definitivamente risolta.
Microsoft's proposal for a secure boot process in Windows 8 has alarmed GNU/Linux vendors and the body that caters to kernel development to the extent that they have drafted documents to specify how such a process can be used without hindering the use of other operating systems.
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Linux Foundation reports Secure Boot solution
Ubuntu 12.10
Plasma Active 3
Android OS Tops
Linaro Enterprise
Group formed for ARM architecture
Android installed on 3 of 4 smartphones
Spanish Linux users launch legal challenge to Microsofts secure boot
http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com...s-secure-boot/
27 March 2013
"Hispalinux, a Spanish association representing Linux users and developers, has filed an EU complaint against Windows 8s UEFI Secure Boot, calling it a de facto technological jail for computer booting systems.
The problem is that it is difficult
What do the Energizer Bunny and the ongoing Windows 8 Secure Boot Saga have in common? Yes, that's right: They both just keep going. Scarcely a week goes by these days, in fact, without some fresh proclamation to fan the flames of UEFI controversy here in the Linux blogosphere. It was just a few weeks ago that we learned about Fedora's solution, of course.
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