Pix64 - Slashdot User

Comment Re:What problem does it solve? (Score 1) 210

by Pix64 on Sunday December 30, 2012 @07:38PM (#42428755) Attached to: FSF Does Want Secure Boot; They Just Want It Under User Control

Expect to install Windows 8 on Windows Server 2015 with Hyper-V? Nope, sorry. Windows will probably also end up refusing to run as a guest on any hardware it doesn't like.

Basically, it's the end of the PC platform. I don't know whether Microsoft realises it but we'll all look back on this as the beginning of the end for them.

Wow this is bullshit. Windows 8 runs fine WITHOUT secure boot. Windows 8 runs fine ins a virtual machine.

Comment Re:I have no problem with UEFI as long as.... (Score 1) 355

by Pix64 on Sunday December 30, 2012 @01:48AM (#42424521) Attached to: Free Software Foundation Campaigning To Stop UEFI SecureBoot

First, UEFI replaces BIOS. You're not disabling UEFI, you're disabling SecureBoot. Second, Windows 8 runs fine without SecureBoot. Third, Windows 8 certifications REQUIRES the user to be able to turn off or reconfigure SecureBoot. UEFI (and in turn SecureBoot) is NOT controlled by Microsoft. The UEFI Forum consists of members of AMD, American Megatrends, Apple, Dell, HP, IBM, Insyde Software, Intel, Lenovo, Microsoft, and Phoenix Technologies.

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