It’ll start as an option and slide into compulsory later. It’s the Systemd way.
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arcine@jlai.lu 3 weeks ago
The option of having a full auth trust chain would be nice for some security applications, but the implication that it could be made compulsory is terrifying.
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
arcine@jlai.lu 2 weeks ago
I have no idea what life was like before
systemdso while I like it I have no way to compare
Azzu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
You can already secure boot if you want. But like always, you gotta set it up yourself in a complicated manner :D
arcine@jlai.lu 2 weeks ago
Of course I use SecureBoot, if you know how to set it up it has no inconvenients ! But that doesn’t go all the way up to the apps !
sunbeam60@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
It’s Linux. In what world do you imagine there wouldn’t be 87 forks that went in a different direction.
Linux cannot be controlled, at least as it stands today.
When Linux disappears I have some fears. But jerk as he may be, he’s also incredibly effective at keeping it open.
vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
In every world. Linux is not just the codebase, it’s all the developer work going into it daily. Hundreds of forks and downstreams can pick whichever direction they want, most of that work will still be directed one way.
sunbeam60@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
But this proposal for a full auto-chain isn’t a proposal by Linus and many thousands contributors. It’s the proposal of a commercial entity that doesn’t control Linux in any way.
tomalley8342@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Yes, this commercial entity founded by people who have a literal track record of doing exactly that Image