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by sedatk 1341 days ago
which Linux can run on perfectly fine.
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vetinari 1341 days ago
Depends if it will enforce Windows' CA only, or if it will trust UEFI 3rd party CA too. See also "Secured-core PCs".
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Scharkenberg 1341 days ago
Despite much FUD spread in Linux nerd circles online, Linux can run just fine on it.
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JeremyNT 1340 days ago
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.
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AshamedCaptain 1341 days ago
I have a Surface RT which disagrees.
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Scharkenberg 1341 days ago
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.
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AshamedCaptain 1340 days ago
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".
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Scharkenberg 1340 days ago
All ARM64 Windows devices have been "bootloader-unlocked". That has been the case for the last 5 years. Windows RT and Windows Phone devices are literally irrelevant to this discussion regardless of your anecdote.
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