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I am genuinely curious as to how you think this will come to pass. We are finally seeing commercial PC/laptop vendors selling preloaded Linux and OpenSolaris.
by Fixnum 17y ago
I am genuinely curious as to how you think this will come to pass.
We are finally seeing commercial PC/laptop vendors selling preloaded Linux and OpenSolaris. One has the freedom to remove the preloaded OS or even the BIOS, and install the programs of one's choice.
So, how do you see this trend being reversed through "trusted computing" to the point that we will all be forced to run Windows and Apple (effectively without the right to use root powers) and proprietary media players from Sony?
- wmf 17y agoI don't personally believe in the "trusted computing apocalypse", but the way it is supposed to play out is that you can run Linux but it just won't be useful. (A cynic might observe that this is no worse than the status quo.) Already you can't legally play DVDs or Blu-rays on Linux and you can't officially access iTunes or Netflix streaming. Extrapolate that to a scenario where you also can't access Facebook or play any multiplayer video game, etc.