Regarding Signing Linux kernel with Microsoft secure boot keys for UEFI

[Cindy-Sue Causey]

On 7/8/18, inventsekar <inventsekar at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thx for the reply...
> I got it... Its not a youtube video i was refering...
> I was asking about this...
>
> https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/02/linus-torvalds-i-will-not-change-linux-to-deep-throat-microsoft/
>
> I read this page few times but I am unable to understand what's Linus's
> idea..Why he disagree ...
> whether the Linux kernel should include code that makes it easier to boot
> Linux on Windows PCs. This goes back to Microsoft requiring
> <http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/01/windows-8s-locked-bootloaders-much-ado-about-nothing-or-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/>
> that
> PCs designed to run Windows 8 use UEFI firmware with the Secure Boot
> feature enabled
>
> On Sun 8 Jul, 2018, 11:16 AM Jeffrey Walton, <noloader at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Jul 8, 2018 at 1:17 AM, inventsekar <inventsekar at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > ...
>> > I am not sure if its a bad question... (i thought for few days about
>> "can i
>> > ask this or not")
>> >
>> > If its a bad question, please accept la apologizes.. if admins wishes,
>> this
>> > three email can/should be deleted.
>>
>> My guess is, no one bothered watching the youtube video. But it is
>> just speculation on my part.
>>
>> Maybe you can list the items you would like explained.


I'm just thinking out loud with respect to the context here and *not*
the links... Is it about purity... and the word "tainted"?

I've encountered the word "tainted" as it has been advocated (against)
regarding Linux over the years, but it was finally visually thrown
right in my face by my Debian Stretch Stable several times a couple
weeks ago. I've been trying to build a module for a dialup modem that
is the "scourge" of many a poverty level user around the Internet.

I can't find the resulting warning/advisement message now, but it was
my Debian copy's version of, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! THAT'S GOING TO
TAINT THIS INSTALL! *smh*"

Linux is very serious about to taint or don't to taint. :D

Cindy :)
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Cindy-Sue Causey
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