Fedora 18 and UEFI

[Kevin Fenzi]

On Sat, 07 Jul 2012 18:14:19 +0530
Rahul Sundaram <metherid at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 07/07/2012 03:51 PM, 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.
> > 
> > Can I freely choose to use proprietary (or for that matter
> > alternative free) drivers for my hardware from whatever source I
> > prefer?
> 
> On x86 systems, the ability to disable secure boot is mandated by
> Microsoft and needed to debug Microsoft drivers and since all the
> hardware manufacturers want to comply to this specification, you can
> be rest assured they will provide this functionality and once you
> disable secure boot (instructions for this will likely be in a Fedora
> wiki page), then you are free to load up any custom kernel/kernel
> module of your choice.  Also Fedora will provide the tools that the
> project itself uses within the official repository (ie) will be free
> and open source and instructions to use your own key in custom mode.

I'll add here something that people seem to be missing a fair bit also: 

MS has setup guidelines for hardware vendors that wish to get a
"Windows 8 Client ready" sticker. Note the "client" here. They are not
requiring secure boot for any hardware targeted for servers. 

kevin
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