Microsoft Taking Aggressive Steps Against Linux On ARM

Microsoft has updated their WHQL certification requirements for Windows 8, and placed specific restrictions on ARM platformsthat will make it impossible to install non-Microsoft operating systems on ARM devices, and make it impossible to turn off or customize such security. Choice quotes from the certification include from page 116, section 20: 'On an ARM system, it is forbidden to enable Custom Mode. Only Standard Mode may be enabled' — which prevents users from customizing their security, and in section 21: 'Disabling Secure MUST NOT be possible on ARM systems' to prevent you from booting any other OSes.

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