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Re:Walled Gardens are Driving me to JavaScript by mertd on Sunday May 27, 2012 @07:58PM (#4031410)
Things like secure boot make me worry about the future of Linux as well.

http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/desktop-os/2011/09/23/microsoft-...

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Re:Walled Gardens are Driving me to JavaScript by dkulchenko on Sunday May 27, 2012 @09:40PM (#4031612)
If I'm not mistaken, this only applies to pre-built computers that ship with Windows. We still have hardware manufacturers that only ship Ubuntu or the like (e.g. System76) and we still have DIY computer builds (which are very easy to do nowadays).
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