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Windows Vista To Make Dual-Boot A Challenge? 442

mustafap writes "UK tech site The Register is reporting on security guru Bruce Schneier's observation that the disk encryption system to be shipped with Vista, BitLocker, will make dual booting other OSs difficult - you will no longer be able to share data between the two." From the article: "This encryption technology also has the effect of frustrating the exchange of data needed in a dual boot system. 'You could look at BitLocker as anti-Linux because it frustrates dual boot,' Schneier told El Reg. Schneier said Vista will bring forward security improvements, but cautioned that technical advances are less important than improvements in how technology is presented to users."

Comment Re:Before we all jump on the AdTI bandwagon... (Score 2, Informative) 556

Ummmm... I hate to break it to you, but LinuxInsider is not what I'd call, ah, an *impartial* source. I think they work for Billy-boy, too. Really, read the [deleted] articles they publish. Did you see how LinuxInsider treated Ken Brown of AdTI? They "broke" the story that Linus "didn't invent Linux." LinuxInsider seems to have pulled that piece of [deleted], but see this one for an example of their "Fair and Balanced(tm)" reporting style.

The Flatlander

Free Advice: Ignore LinuxInsider as a news source.

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