<div dir="ltr">Unfortunately this is not FUD at all, it was reported by a Red-Hat employee and was not denied by Microsoft.<br><br>See: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/21/secure_boot_firmware_linux_exclusion_fears/">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/21/secure_boot_firmware_linux_exclusion_fears/</a><br>
<br>-- <br>Ori Idan<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 1:06 PM, geoffrey mendelson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:geoffreymendelson@gmail.com">geoffreymendelson@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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On Oct 23, 2011, at 12:28 PM, Shlomi Fish wrote:<br>
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The Free Software Foundation started a campaign called “Stand up for your<br>
freedom to install free software!” about Microsoft's plan to enforce “Secure Boot” in the installations of Windows 8, which will prevent people from being able to boot into GNU/Linux, one of the BSD variants, or other operating systems. You can sign it here:<br>
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<a href="http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/secure-boot-vs-restricted-boot/statement" target="_blank">http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/<u></u>secure-boot-vs-restricted-<u></u>boot/statement</a><br>
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It's pure FUD.<br>
"we are concerned that Microsoft and hardware manufacturers will implement these boot restrictions in a way that will prevent users from booting anything other than Windows."<br>
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Not that they are, or saying they will, or even hinted they will.<br>
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The FSF is struggling to regain some semblance of public support after RMS's disastrous FSF boycott of Israel and his comments about Steve Jobs. Do the world a favor and let the FSF die with dignity, instead of being remembered as a bunch of racist FUDslinging lunatics.<br>
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