Microsoft blocking Linux on ARM devices?

[Kuron]

Interesting article. Would love to see some verification...

http://www.phonenews.com/microsoft-ille ... s-8-19713/

[rsts]

From what I've read, it will be true on oem supplied windows 8 machines, but if you build your own and install win 8 you will have an option to bypass it.

It's supposed to be an anti-piracy measure to prevent the current practice of bypassing the win 8 boot oem key verification by loading info that's supposed to come from the slic table via a linux bootloader.

[Trond]

From what I've read, it will be true on oem supplied windows 8 machines, but if you build your own and install win 8 you will have an option to bypass it.

Because some makers have announced chipsets specifically for Windows 8, I doubt they'll let you buy them separately, so you'll probably be left with some inferior hardware.

[the.weavster]

Because some makers have announced chipsets specifically for Windows 8, I doubt they'll let you buy them separately, so you'll probably be left with some inferior hardware.

Well, as someone at Intel once famously said: "What Intel giveth, Microsoft taketh away."

[Kuron]

From what I've read, it will be true on oem supplied windows 8 machines, but if you build your own and install win 8 you will have an option to bypass it.

Unfortunately, there is no such thing as build your own for ARM tablets

I had previously heard this being floated around for PCs, but this article was the first time I heard it being rumored for ARM devices.