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by mackal 1341 days ago
Secure boot is going to be forced on.
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which Linux can run on perfectly fine.
Depends if it will enforce Windows' CA only, or if it will trust UEFI 3rd party CA too. See also "Secured-core PCs".
Despite much FUD spread in Linux nerd circles online, Linux can run just fine on it.
Do you have a citation for this? I'm marginally interested in this device, but only if I am certain I can run Linux on it.
I have a Surface RT which disagrees.
In case it was not immediately obvious, this discussion is not about the Surface RT, but about the Windows Dev Kit 2023. It ships with a different Windows version, on a different Arm architecture, with different policies regarding locking down.
And? "In case it was not immediately obvious" by me specifically pointing an MS ARM device, MS's "policies" when shipping ARM devices have been much more locked down than x86. Around 50% of ARM devices released by MS so far have been completely locked down, incapable of running anything except for some version of Windows. Not just "FUD by nerd circles".