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This isn't about you or me or any other tech-savvy person. It's about the non-technical person, and about evangelizing the use of free-as-in-freedom operating s
by Toshio 14y ago
This isn't about you or me or any other tech-savvy person. It's about the non-technical person, and about evangelizing the use of free-as-in-freedom operating systems to them.
It used to be easy to dual-boot, but now that it's a seven-step operation to switch operating systems, that's effectively a monkey-wrench thrown into the widespread adoption of Linux.
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- jaredmcateer 14y agoIt's a bit of a strawman, there are virtually no non-tech-savvy individuals that would ever embark on installing an alternative operating system without being influenced by, let alone without assistance from, a tech-savvy person.
- rbanffy 14y ago> there are virtually no non-tech-savvy individuals that would ever embark on installing an alternative operating system And that's exactly what secure boot is designed to accomplish.
- jaredmcateer 14y agoSecure boot has nothing to do with it, you have to drag non-technical people kicking and screaming to do something as simple as switching their browser from IE. It's a minor inconvenience for the people that will actually be doing the work.