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Excuse my ignorance, but doesn't this just mean that Linux users would have to go into the BIOS and switch off the Secure Boot setting? And isn't Secure Boot so
by dguido 15y ago
Excuse my ignorance, but doesn't this just mean that Linux users would have to go into the BIOS and switch off the Secure Boot setting? And isn't Secure Boot solving a real security problem?
Besides, if you're running a computer powerful enough for Windows 8, don't you also have enough computing power for a virtual machine? Or enough money for a second computer?
- jiggy2011 15y agoNot necessarily , I doubt that Windows 8 will require particually expensive or powerfull hardware to run especially since they are targetting tablets with it. So it's likely that many users will not have the money for a 2nd PC and whilst virtual machines are nice in their own way there are allot of limitations with them so you may well want to run 2 full OSes directly on harware.
- zokier 15y agoThe issue is that there is no guarantee that users will be able to disable Secure Boot. If such guarantees would have been given then there would be no controversy.