Windows 10 to make the Secure Boot alt-OS lock out a reality

jimbo45 said:

Hi there

I for one won't be buying any hardware if there is no way of switching OFF protected boot. What about those users who want to run an OS TOTALLY from an EXTERNAL HDD such as say LINUX or WINDOWS to GO. These Os'es can work even if the internal "C" drive is totally broken. The whole idea of these is that they can run on as many machines as you like. If these are restricted via Protected boot then what's the whole point of creating "Portable systems".

I've been very glad to have had a bootable external Linux system which I've been able to use to repair non functioning computers whether or not the protected boot feature was installed or not. I don't want to create loads of separate "Emergency Repair discs" and in any case the whole idea of a User key for Linux is totally against the whole idea of open source and freely useable software.

I've probably got about 10 different Linux distros -- I certainly wouldn't want to maintain a whole slew of User keys in a Bios just to boot up a one off repair system.

Cheers
jimbo

You and a lot of other people won't buy that hardware for that reason. Joe public on the other hand won't care. It will be interesting to see how many if any OEM's do this.

jimbo45 said:

@groze - ensure you download the Linux headers for your running kernel FIRST and distro, ensure also you have GCC (C compiler), MAKE , AUTOMAKE, CONF and AUTO CONF and then simply run the .bundle file you download from VMware. Works perfectly on CENTOS, OPENSUSE and a few other distros I've tried it on.

I didn't have to do anything special to install the VMware Player bundle in Linux Mint 17.1 MATE (64 bit).
I only had to set the "Executable" bit value.

jimbo45 said:

@lehnerus2000 - The latest version of VMware software uses DYNAMIC RAM for managing VM's so older memory monitors / measurement software will probably yield "dubious" results.

Thanks jimbo45. :)

I was wondering if it was something like that.

I have VMware Workstation 7 installed in W7 and Process Explorer indicates that the RAM allocated to a VM is instantly deducted from my available RAM, when the VM starts.

groze said:

I really hate to say this, Microsoft really can not tell the oems what to do to get the sticker and least in the U.S.
The only time Microsoft can tell the OEM what to do, is if there building computers for Microsoft to sell to end user.

It seems to me that if they wanted to, Microsoft could refuse to grant them a license to install Windows on certain hardware. No license no Windows.