[SGVLUG] Chromebook and the future of secure boot

[Dan Buthusiem]

Semed to look pretty good when I connected it to the 1080p TV via HDMI. I
think they only stream at 720p at best.

Sent from mobile.
On Mar 21, 2012 12:51 PM, "Michael Proctor-Smith" <mproctor13 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 12:27 PM, Dan Buthusiem <dan.buthusiem at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Looks like it's only checking the kernel signature. Expensive gamble,
> > though.
> > Not sure why Netflix requires the secure boot option. Rooted Android
> phones
> > work fine, and I'm NAND unlocked on both devices. I like my freedom of
> > choice. Not sure I'm looking forward to these new devices with UEFI.
>
> Does android version allow HD playback? That may be the difference.
>
> Also chromeOS in developer mode is pretty much just Ubuntu with a
> weird window manager and gmail_pam module. You used to be able to
> install Ubuntu packages.
>
> > Sent from mobile.
> >
> > On Mar 21, 2012 12:01 PM, "Dan Kegel" <dank at kegel.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 11:59 AM, John Kreznar <jek at ininx.com> wrote:
> >> >> Probably all DRM will be disabled if you flip that
> >> >> switch.  I hadn't expected dual-booting to be prohibited,
> >> >> though.
> >> >
> >> > Please pardon my ignorance.  If it's as easy as flipping a switch, why
> >> > can't the switch simply be flipped as necessary before booting?
> >>
> >> I guess if you flip the switch, shrink the original filesystem,
> >> repartition the hard drive, then flip the switch back,
> >> you may have already changed the system enough to
> >> make the drm check fail.
> >> I haven't looked into whether that's how it works, this is just a guess.
>
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