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		trelane on Dec 5, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cory Doctorow: Freeing Ourselves from the Clutches... > Microsoft was going to use the TPM to prevent you from installing Linux? Did that happen? Yes, but on ARM. https://openrt.gitbook.io/open-surfacert/common/boot-sequenc... https://openrt.gitbook.io/open-surfacert/common/boot-sequenc... Fortunately, that was forestalled on x86. Who knows if they'll ever stop signing the Linux Shim for "security reasons."

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