On Sun, Aug 09, 2015 at 07:47:39PM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 08, 2015 at 08:16:51PM -0700, Gregory Nowak wrote:
> > On Sun, Aug 09, 2015 at 10:13:45AM +0800, Robert Storey wrote:
> > > Since
> > > I'm a fan of the Raspberry Pi, I definitely want to see another distro
> > > available for it that is systemd-free. There is also FreeBSD for the Pi,
> > > though I understand it is very much a work in progress, but I'm interested
> > > in anything not systemd so I'll keep it on the back burner.
> >
> > Supposedly M$ is coming out with a port of win10 for it as
> > well. Probably not what you're interested in, but since you mentioned
> > FreeBSD, I figured I'd throw that in too.
>
> Doesn't that machine hae teh processor for which Microsoft said that
> all its Windowses would be totally locked down? Or have things changed for
> Windows 10?

If I recall correctly, what Microsoft said was that to have the "designed
for Windows ..." branding or get an OEM license for Windows 8 or later,
ARM systems had to have "secure" boot mode locked on.
Raspberry Pi doesn't come with Windows; but additionally, the Windows
version for it is not the standard[1].

For Windows IoT Core (the version that's provided free for Raspberry Pi 2
and is available for some other embedded boards), the rules are diferent:
-"Secure" boot is optional
-TPM 2.0 is optional, with some minimum requirements if present;
the docs note that it will eventually become mandatory.
-almost every possible standardized component is optional

Additionally, it's expected that OEMs using Windows IoT Core might not use
the MS/Windows interface or branding. I quote the same source:
In Windows IoT Core scenarios OEMs may prefer to have no visible Windows
or Microsoft presence.

[1] Windows 10 IoT Core Insider Preview: Overview and Getting Started
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=532966

HTH,
Isaac Dunham