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UltimateCat
February 27th, 2013, 06:31 AM
Here's a new article that Mr. Torvalds highly objects to:


http://www.zdnet.com/torvalds-strongly-objects-to-windows-8-secure-boot-keys-in-the-linux-kernel-7000011811/
carl4926
February 27th, 2013, 06:57 AM
He has a unique and colourful way of making his point!
prodigy_
February 27th, 2013, 07:08 AM
Linus is absolutely right. Best news in years, actually. Someone in the Linux community finally has guts to say no to MS and its advocates.
grahammechanical
February 27th, 2013, 05:45 PM
I noticed this label under a picture of him:


Linux Torvalds and Bruce Banner, aka the Hulk, "You wouldn't like me when I'm angry."

That is exactly why I have the avatar that I do! This time, at least, it is not Ubuntu in the firing line.

I wonder if Matthew Garett raised this with Linus Torvalds because he thought that he stood more chance with Linus then with Richard Stallman? Surely Grub enters the discussion at some point?

Regards.
Grenage
February 27th, 2013, 06:22 PM
Someone in the Linux community finally has guts to say no to MS and its advocates.

I don't think he ever pulled his punches when it came to the Kernel. ;)
UltimateCat
March 6th, 2013, 05:28 AM
Glad that all of you responded!

In another article Linus made it clear:

"Signed binary modules are not going to be in the Linux kernel"


A-Men to that!!
UltimateCat
March 6th, 2013, 05:30 AM
He has a unique and colourful way of making his point!

;)Yes; he does!
UltimateCat
March 6th, 2013, 05:43 AM
I noticed this label under a picture of him:



That is exactly why I have the avatar that I do! This time, at least, it is not Ubuntu in the firing line.

I wonder if Matthew Garett raised this with Linus Torvalds because he thought that he stood more chance with Linus then with Richard Stallman? Surely Grub enters the discussion at some point?

Regards.

Not sure but there are plenty of article of what Garett is up to as well-

http://www.zdnet.com/shimming-your-way-to-linux-on-windows-8-pcs-7000008246/

Didn't know till yesterday that Garett used to work for Red Hat
iamkuriouspurpleoranj
March 6th, 2013, 08:19 AM
Good old Finns (I know he's a Finland-Swede). Why dress it up when you can tell it like it is? They were so proud to have won the Eurovision as "men" with Lordi rather than as softies like Sweden with Abba. No, really. I was living there when they won.

"Why use a hammer to crack a walnut? It gets the job done and I have a hammer." - Finnish proverb. Maybe.
honeybear
March 6th, 2013, 09:38 PM
will be SHIM merged to GRUB somehow to make it simpler to install?

rgds
Obscura13
March 6th, 2013, 11:49 PM
I'm actually getting tired of damned kernals on general
UltimateCat
March 12th, 2013, 04:16 AM
will be SHIM merged to GRUB somehow to make it simpler to install?

rgds

Very possible but only time will most likely show that-
If so I'll be posting just that:-

This is a pretty good website for information:
http://www.zdnet.com/