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Re:Initial M1 support merged into Linux SoC tree by fulafel on Friday April 09, 2021 @04:10AM (#26747904)
Intel and Microsoft control Secure Boot. If Linux hadn't already been so popular on servers when SB came about, it's very possible that PC platform would today be locked down to run MS-only operating systems.
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Re:Initial M1 support merged into Linux SoC tree by globular-toast on Friday April 09, 2021 @08:16AM (#26749546)
Right, but that happened 10 years after Linus started writing his OS. If Microsoft had had their way then the PC would have also been a closed platform. This doesn't contradict my point in any way.
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Re:Initial M1 support merged into Linux SoC tree by fulafel on Friday April 09, 2021 @10:22AM (#26750923)
It doesn't change the way things stand today but still I think there's a marked difference between openness as a commitment and openness by lucky alignment of interests so far.
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