new computer

[Michael Havens]

thank you very much.

:-)~MIKE~(-:


On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 9:57 AM, Matt Graham <mhgraham at crow202.org> wrote:

> On , Michael Havens wrote:
>
>> a bit ago there was a rumor that a computers hardware was going to
>> become dependent on the operating system. Has that happened yet.....
>> will I have a problem installing Linux on a new computer?
>>
>
> What you're probably talking about is Secure Boot, and if you search for
> "secure boot linux", you get articles like http://www.zdnet.com/more-
> experiments-with-linux-only-uefi-secure-boot-installation-7000014095/ ,
> which say there should be no problems with current hardware.
>
> (Of course, future hardware may not allow you to disable Secure Boot, and
> future hardware may refuse to recognize the Redhat-signed bootloader, but
> we'll have to burn those bridges when we get to them....)
>
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