Regarding Signing Linux kernel with Microsoft secure boot keys for UEFI

[Jeffrey Walton]

On Sun, Jul 8, 2018 at 8:35 AM, Cindy-Sue Causey
<butterflybytes at gmail.com> wrote:
> ...
> 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*"

There used to be a workaround: https://lwn.net/Articles/82305/

Jeff