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Linux doesn't solve the problem of TPM support, and in fact it kind of illustrates exactly the problem. There are a lot of services that you cannot use unless y
by lukeschlather 3y ago
Linux doesn't solve the problem of TPM support, and in fact it kind of illustrates exactly the problem. There are a lot of services that you cannot use unless your device supports DRM with a certain set of properties. These services are the main reason that Linux is basically unusable as your only device.
So Microsoft is basically making the decision that you need a new device if you want to use apps that have a certain security level, and rather than just disabling those apps they've elected to disable the entire operating system.
- bitzun 3y agoCan you give an example of any current services that you can't use without TPM? I haven't run into any (yet!)
- wkat4242 3y agoNot sure if TPM related but Spotify doesn't even let me log in in Firefox on FreeBSD.
- lukeschlather 3y agoThe Peacock streaming service will not run at all on Linux and my understanding is that this is because it requires the OS provide a certain level of DRM. A main goal of mandating a certain TPM level to run Windows is clearly so that they can provide TPM-backed DRM APIs that are enforced at the OS level and can't be worked around in software. I'm not sure if anything actually requires TPM per se yet because they still need to support Windows 10 but it's clearly the eventual goal.