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From: pk <peterk2@××××××××.se>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Lockdown: free/open OS maker pays Microsoft ransom for the right to boot on users' computers
Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2012 08:15:22
Message-Id: 4FC9CB27.6000703@coolmail.se
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Lockdown: free/open OS maker pays Microsoft ransom for the right to boot on users' computers by Florian Philipp
1 On 2012-06-02 09:43, Florian Philipp wrote:
2
3 > You don't have to be "blessed". You could call your distribution
4 > BallmerSucks and still get a certificate. You just have to
5 > register, authenticate and pay the fee. Anything else would earn
6 > them an antitrust law suite they wouldn't forget.
7
8 ... or one could simply replace the bios/UEFI with coreboot[1] and get
9 on with life... albeit, (at least currently) it will severely limit
10 your choice of motherboards (AMD is supporting coreboot, which is why
11 I've chosen AMD ones but it also requires the support of the
12 motherboard makers).
13
14 [1]: www.coreboot.org
15
16 Best regards
17
18 Peter K