Update on the effort to defeat Restricted Boot

fsdaily.com - Free Software News - Published news 2013-03-15

Summary:

Think twice before purchasing Microsoft's new ARM-based tablet, especially if you are hoping to replace the new Windows RT operating system, with a free software operating system such as GNU/Linux or Android. These new devices ship with Restricted Boot, which prevents you from installing free software on the device.

Link:

http://www.fsdaily.com/EndUser/Update_on_the_effort_to_defeat_Restricted_Boot-1

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Tags:

hardware tablets arm computer hardware mobile computing restricted boot secure boot

Authors:

JRepin

Date tagged:

03/15/2013, 12:20

Date published:

11/03/2012, 21:59