[Ubuntu-BD] Fwd: Windows 8's use of the UEFI Secure Boot

[Md Ashickur Rahman Noor]

এখানে<http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/09/22/protecting-the-pre-os-environment-with-uefi.aspx>কিছু
বলা আছে। আমি ইংরেজিতে তেমন পাকা নই, কিন্তু পড়ে যা বুঝলাম তা হল
মাইক্রোসফট এই UEFI প্রযুক্তি ব্যবহার করবে। উদ্দেশ্য ফাস্ট বুট এবং সিকিউরিটি।
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Thank you
Md Ashickur Rahman
Volunteer, Foundation for Open Source Solutions Bangladesh.




On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 12:44 AM, Shabab Mustafa <shabab at linux.org.bd>wrote:

> This is the problem! When we just find a tiny clue that we can bash
> someone,
> we immediately jumped on to that without searching whether it is true or
> not
> and start doing spicy comments without any hard piece of information. And
> day by day it is increasing at a seriously disturbing rate. I think as a
> community now we are mature enough to mind our kiddish behaviors.
>
> @Ashickur,
>
> Can you give us some more solid piece of information on this topic, please?
> If you can't, my humble request to you not to reinforce any kind of rumors
> based on 'heard' without 'from names'.
>
> Thanks for your patience understanding.
>
> ---
> Shabab Mustafa
>
>
>
> On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 12:20 AM, maSnun <masnun at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > He said he just heard, he's asking for more information. Windows 8 has
> > Hyper
> > V built in. So you can easily run another OS with Windows. So, I am not
> > sure
> > if this is fear or innovation. Either way, we should have ** authentic **
> > information before we conclude :)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 12:05 AM, Md Ashickur Rahman Noor <
> > ashickur.noor at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > > From: Bill Stanley <bstanle at wowway.com>
> > > Date: Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 11:47 PM
> > > Subject: Windows 8's use of the UEFI Secure Boot
> > > To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <
> > > ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> > >
> > >
> > > *I heard about the UEFI Secure Boot feature that might impair
> installing
> > an
> > > alternate OS (Linux) or prevent the use of Dual Boot.  Supposedly it
> > would
> > > be a part of the motherboard hardware and prevent ANY changes to the
> boot
> > > sector.   Supposedly it would prevent root-kits as there would be no
> way
> > to
> > > get around it.  Has anybody heard more about this and what would the
> > Ubuntu
> > > community do about this?*
> > >
> > > Bill Stanley
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