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A quick google search shows that Linux has between 3% and 7% of the desktop marketshare. It seems like an unwise business decision to make AMD the only possible
by MichaelBurge 9y ago
A quick google search shows that Linux has between 3% and 7% of the desktop marketshare. It seems like an unwise business decision to make AMD the only possible choice for 5% of heavy purchasers, who also help with server purchasing decisions at IT jobs.
- wmf 9y agoLinux (the distros that people actually use) works fine with secure boot. Also, if MS mandates secure boot that means AMD will also use it.
- vetinari 9y agoThese distros also either do not enforce signing kernel modules, thus making the Secure Boot moot (Ubuntu), or enforcing valid signature on the modules, but making it easy to enroll your own Machine Owner Key (Fedora), so your custom-built kernel modules for VirtualBox, Nvidia, ZFS or whatever else you need, will still work.
- crdoconnor 9y agoIt still seems to fail whenever I install those distros until I turn it off.
- closeparen 9y agoAre companies where technical people have sway over IT purchasing decisions worth anything to suppliers? I'd assume all the margin is in deals made between salespeople and MBA CTOs on golf courses. Look at the landing page for the server/networking division of any major player in the space - that's clearly not pitched at engineers. Hell, this may even by why AWS is so popular: the landing page actually explains to engineers what their services even are.