*countable infinities only

Matthew Garrett mjg59 at srcf.ucam.org
Mon Jun 18 15:11:47 UTC 2012


On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 11:03:23AM -0400, Jay Sulzberger wrote:

> This I do not understand.  By reports in the admittedly
> incompetent magazines dealing with home computers, Microsoft's
> policy is to keep Fedora, and any other OSes, except for
> Microsoft OSes, off all Microsoft Certified ARM devices.

I think you've answered your own question there.

> Further questions ad ARM: According to Microsoft, can, in future,
> "SecureBoot" be disabled on Microsoft Certified ARM devices?
> Will the person who walks out of the store with a Microsoft
> Certified ARM device be able to put their own signing key in?
> What about the PK?

No, Windows 8 ARM devices will not permit the user to install their own 
keys or disable secure boot. That's why we're not going to support them.

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Matthew Garrett | mjg59 at srcf.ucam.org


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