Re: [LinuxBIOS] [RFC] Call for Action: LinuxBIOS foundations

[Robert Vogel]

If there are one million computers running LinuxBios, are they dedicated to 
server farms ?

...or can they be used as desktop machines ?

Who are the leading vendors of such machines ?

Bob

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stefan Reinauer" 
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Cc: 
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 6:14 AM
Subject: Re: [LinuxBIOS] [RFC] Call for Action: LinuxBIOS foundations
> [e-mail]  [070829 11:39]:
> > Quoting Stefan Reinauer :
> > > I personally think we need to support more newer hardware in shorter
> > > time to gain the momentum so LinuxBIOS can become the default firmware
> > > on new mainboards that you buy. We can make this goal, and it has been
> > > done in some cases. It's just a long way, as it was for Linux, too.
> >
> > That would be _REALLY_ great but is this realistic?..
>
> It is the only realistic scenario for LinuxBIOS becoming wide-spread
> and, no doubt, we have been pretty successful so far. More than one
> million computers out there are running LinuxBIOS. This is a far higher
> number than a usual charge of mainboards produced by a manufacturer in a
> series.
>
> Unlike Linux, LinuxBIOS can not be "just tried with a live CD" or
> something. So either it gets pre-installed or it will be something only
> technically skilled people will ever use.
> > Maybe this is sligtly off topic here (and a little bit paranoid..), but 
> > when one
> > consider the fact that "trusted computing" becomes more and more 
> > prevalent in
> > new systems (mandatory soon maybe?!), doesn't this outright kill the LB 
> > project?
>
> The opposite is the case. LinuxBIOS is the _only_ chance out there that
> allows controlling the restrictions. It does not restrict the vendor in
> controlling the "bootblock" -- Since there is no such thing as the
> bootblock in LinuxBIOSv2, I wonder what the technical meaning of that
> part of the specification is supposed to be.
>
> Stefan