Fedora 18 and UEFI

[suvayu ali]

On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 8:50 PM, Joe Zeff <joe at zeff.us> wrote:
> On 07/07/2012 03:21 AM, suvayu ali wrote:
>>
>> I am more worried about "free" as in freedom. I don't quite grasp the
>> implications as an end user. For example consider the following
>> scenarios.
>
>
> Didn't we hash this out less than a month ago?  I know you've been on the
> list long enough to have seen it and participated.  Why bring it up again?
>

Well, I did follow that thread and the noise level was rather high to
extract the practical details. For example, I wasn't sure if the disable
secure boot option was mandated by MS or not. Given the option, I'll
disable it for sure but I wasn't sure if I would have the option to
disable. Hence all my questions were with regards to how I can run my
system given secure boot is enabled.

The following comment from Rahul answers my question.

> On x86 systems, the ability to disable secure boot is mandated by
> Microsoft and needed to debug Microsoft drivers ...

And for the record, I did not start the thread. I just asked a question
in the context of the thread. I hope that clears up any doubts.

PS: If you are wondering, what I took from the thread, it's going to be
    a pain if at some point the optional requirement to secure boot is
    removed.

-- 
Suvayu

Open source is the future. It sets us free.