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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Signs (no pun intended) that Microsoft's PC
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Thu May 31 16:30:34 2012
Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 13:14:44 -0700
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Signs (no pun intended) that Microsoft's PC extortion is succeeding with Linux
http://j.mp/M1KuwC (Dreamwidth)
"So, we'll be moving to requiring signed kernel modules and locking
down certain aspects of kernel functionality. The most obvious example
is that it won't be possible to access PCI regions directly from
userspace, which means all graphics cards will need kernel drivers.
Userspace modesetting will be a thing of the past."
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