On Mon, 25 Jun 2012 10:35:16 +0200 Thomas Bächler <thomas@archlinux.org> wrote:
Am 23.06.2012 04:09, schrieb Manolo Martínez:
Is Arch going to sign [this petition](http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/secure-boot-vs-restricted-boot/statement)? I, for one humble user, would like it (us, whatever) to.
Manolo
While I won't answer your question, I have this to say:
For a non-ARM PC to be certified for Windows 8, the EFI firmware MUST support Setup Mode. As this is a "MUST" requirement, everyone will fulfill it, as they really do want the Windows 8 logo (if anyone wants to look up the source for this, go ahead, I am too lazy right now).
If I understand it right, in Setup Mode, you can either boot any non-signed operating system, or you can import your own keys into the firmware, so that you can sign your own bootloaders. For me, this is enough to not care about Secure Boot.
Right. Or you can buy a key from Microsoft like Fedora is planning to http://lwn.net/Articles/500231/. It's good that people are thinking about this problem, but so far solutions have been quite ugly from a technical standpoint. -- Leonid Isaev GnuPG key: 0x164B5A6D Fingerprint: C0DF 20D0 C075 C3F1 E1BE 775A A7AE F6CB 164B 5A6D