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[ale] OT: micro mini nano PC
- Subject: [ale] OT: micro mini nano PC
- From: agcarver+ale at acarver.net (Alex Carver)
- Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2016 11:50:26 -0800
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Certainly seems that way. I also suspect that there's an element of
anti-piracy in the requirement, too. If the kernel isn't properly
signed because it's a modified copy to get around all of the activation
requirements then your computer won't boot either.
On 2016-01-30 11:37, Jim Kinney wrote:
> So....
>
> Windows is so unsecureable they have to require hardware devices to
> guarantee their kernel is real or else the computer won't boot.
> On Jan 30, 2016 1:01 PM, "Alex Carver" <agcarver+ale at acarver.net> wrote:
>
>> On 2016-01-30 09:31, Steve Litt wrote:
>>> On Fri, 29 Jan 2016 23:20:22 -0500
>>> Chuck Payne <terrorpup at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Intel NUC isn't just for windows, I have seen a tons of them running
>>>> openSUSE, Fedora, and Ubuntu. As long as you can do a secure boot
>>>> install, you can run Linux on them.
>>>
>>> That lets me out. I use Void Linux.
>>>
>>> SteveT
>>>
>>
>> Secure boot can be disabled on the NUCs. It's only required for
>> installing Windows.