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2012-10-28 , 18:42
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Originally Posted by Dave999 View Post
since sailfish is a full dist, I assume there is no real problems installing this on my windows tablet like surface pro. What problems can we face(assumeing microsoft don't lock the pro down completly).

Someting importantant missing in mer when it comes to tablets? Or is it ready to go when jolla release their "mobile" version? what about applications and scaling? how does that working with mer/sailfish?
You need to provide hardware adaptation, that should be easy. Then, you need to pay to sign your boot loader/kernel by a trusted party (probably microsoft, that has accepted to do it for a reasonnable amount) so you can load it on hardware made for windows RT.

That's because "secure boot" (search for it) spec says the user must have the option to disable secure boot on x86 hardware (for windows 8 hardware), but the user must not have the option to disable it on Arm/Win RT hardware.
So, it's not really a locked bootloader, but it's not an open bootloader either.
Basically, an individual can't do it.