[arch-general] Microsoft Signature PC Requirements Now Blocks Linux Installation

Francis Gerund ranrund at gmail.com
Wed Sep 28 15:35:04 UTC 2016


I worry about if and how this will affect Arch.  Any opinions?


On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 11:31 AM, Kyle Bassett via arch-general <
arch-general at archlinux.org> wrote:

> This is insane!  Apple set the precedent with smart phones, but now we have
> Trusted Computing Creep in desktops.  Used are losing further control of
> their own devices.
>
> Ugh.
>
> On 28 Sep 2016 11:27, "D C via arch-general" <arch-general at archlinux.org>
> wrote:
>
> Wow, is MS desperate or something?
>
> On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 11:24 AM, Francis Gerund via arch-general
> <arch-general at archlinux.org> wrote:
> > https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/16/09/21/1516230/
> microsoft-signature-pc-
> > requirements-now-blocks-linux-installation-reports?sbsrc=md
> >
> > It was nice while it lasted.
> >
> > <sigh>
>
>
>
> --
> Public_Key_Block.asc
>


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