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Let me explain why secure boot/trusted computing matters for me personally.

More of my life is conducted on a computer than ever. My family photos, banking transactions, files are all stored on a computer. Meanwhile, Flash and Adobe Reader installs security updates on a regular rhythm. I need my PC to be secure from drive-by downloads.

Getting linux to run is a secondary issue, as much as I value software freedom.



You should not be running Flash and Adobe Reader on a computer that has access to your banking transactions and family photos! Secure boot won't help with that!


True. Those things should run in a VM.




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