Re:Valve Rolls Out Wine-Based “Proton” for Running Windows G...
by HeadsUpHigh on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @01:52PM
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>I think Microsoft was right to push for Secure Boot / bootloader signing
Signing by whom? The OEM of course because giving the key to the user would be unacceptably user-friendly for microsoft.
>I don't think UEFI was the right horse to put money behind. It's a complicated hot mess and the most visible innovation has been to use UEFI identifiers for DRM within web browsers. Yay.
UEFI was done that way for a reason. Don't underestimate Microsoft's influence on other companies. Same thing with big web companies pushing "open" standards that only they have the manpower to comply with.
Signing by whom? The OEM of course because giving the key to the user would be unacceptably user-friendly for microsoft.
>I don't think UEFI was the right horse to put money behind. It's a complicated hot mess and the most visible innovation has been to use UEFI identifiers for DRM within web browsers. Yay.
UEFI was done that way for a reason. Don't underestimate Microsoft's influence on other companies. Same thing with big web companies pushing "open" standards that only they have the manpower to comply with.