On 5 June 2012 22:54, Joe(theWordy)Philbrook <jtwdyp@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Speaking as an Arch user who is just barely competent enough for Arch with > much dependence on google and Arch's most excellent wiki, I'd like to see > Arch continue to do what I see as one of it's strong points. > > Yes it insists on it's users having a certain level of competence. But it > generally seems willing to include fairly detailed step by step tutorials > and guides in it's wiki, to help those with less (or outdated) technical > expertise become more competent. > > So how about somebody who knows how to disable secure boot on x86 devices > post a good howto in the wiki (or if that would be reinventing the wheel, a > link to a good external guide.)? AFAIK this depends on the motherboard, so a general description of how to disable secure boot is probably not viable. > And likewise, in case some Arch user should inadvertently acquire some PC > where somehow the firmware option to disable "Secure Boot" wasn't there. How > about somebody who knows how to add an "Arch key" to UEFI, posting a wiki > tutorial for that? Ditto.
