Fedora 18 and UEFI

[Richard Vickery]

On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 5:46 AM, Carroll Grigsby <cgrigs986 at att.net> wrote:

> On Sat, 7 Jul 2012 08:58:31 -0300
> Itamar Reis Peixoto <itamar at ispbrasil.com.br> wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 7:21 AM, suvayu ali
> > <fatkasuvayu+linux at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > 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.
> > >
> >
> >
> > I think we are bigger enough to say no and buy only hardware
> > compatible.
> >
> >
>
> Good luck with that!  I've been thinking about replacing this computer
> with something newer, so when I was in my local computer store
> yesterday, I asked if they had any motherboards or systems that did
> not have this UEFI/Microsoft crap installed. Nope. None. Nil. Zilch.
> Nada. Ain't no such critter. All gone. It's hiding with Judge
> Crater and Jimmy Hoffa. You get the message...
>
>
One can always go through Dell to get a Linux computer without the
Micros**t crap. It comes with Ubuntu preinstalled, but one  has the option
of installing Fedora.
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