Hi Rahul,
On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 12:02 PM, Rahul Sundaram <metherid(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Certificate authority is Verisign and this is purely between Red Hat
and
the vendor. There is no money charged for users. Users will never be
asked to pay money to install or use Fedora.
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.
Can I freely choose to use proprietary (or for that matter alternative
free) drivers for my hardware from whatever source I prefer?
A few years back I was in a situation where my USB Wi-Fi dongle was not
yet supported by Fedora and I had to get the binary blob firmware from
the linux kernel wireless page and manually install and load it by hand
to use my hardware. Will I be able to do that with ease in the future?
Similarly, can I choose to install proprietary drivers or kernel modules
not distributed with Fedora from what ever source I wish (RPMFusion,
Vendor etc.)?
I realise I can turn Secure Boot off, but hardware manufacturers have
often dropped the ball on complying with standards. What if the next
generation of motherboards/laptops make it harder to turn off secure
boot? Just to make it clear, the questions above are not rhetorical. I
just want to understand better the implications as an end-user.
--
Suvayu
Open source is the future. It sets us free.