UEFI and Secure Boot (fwd)

   Does Slackware have any opinion/plans on this? If so, can they be shared
with us?

Rich
---------- Forwarded message ----------
> UEFI and Secure Boot No Free Boots
>
> The imminent Windows 8 implementation of UEFI with Secure Boot adds an
> extra layer of complexity for some Linux users. We look at the problem and
> two solutions from Fedora and Canonical.
>
> http://linux-magazine.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=1c76cb37f73773b4962ae429b&id=cd172065b0&e=2bde0f9ae5

The FSF has written an uncompromising white paper on this topic. PJ
has highlighted and reproduced it at Groklaw:

http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=2012070213044413 .

It is also, of course, available at the FSF in both HTML and PDF format:

https://www.fsf.org/campaigns/secure-boot-vs-restricted-boot/whitepaper-web


and

https://www.fsf.org/campaigns/secure-boot-vs-restricted-boot/whitepaper.pdf
.

It's not light reading, but the danger to Linux users seems to be real.