Linux Top 5: Microsoft's Secure Boot Gambit | Linux Today

Linux Top 5: Microsoft’s Secure Boot Gambit

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 28, 2011

[ Thanks to Amy Newman for this link. ]

Few vendors and few topics on the Linux Planet inspire
as much vitriol as Microsoft. This past week, Microsoft managed to
inspire new outrage, as details about its secure boot approach for
Windows 8 were alleged to be a potential risk for Linux. It was
also a week that saw a delay for Linux 3.1 as the kernel.org
servers remained offline.


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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