On 06/09/2012 04:25 PM, drago01 wrote:
On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 3:19 PM, Chris Smart wrote:
> On 09/06/12 19:34, drago01 wrote:
>>> Is that actually true though?
>>>>
>>>> If Fedora does not implement some form of Secure Boot support, 100% of
>>>> Fedora users will still be able to install Fedora on new machines, after
>>>> they disable Secure Boot, if their computer even has it at all (and
>>>> personally, I think the majority of Fedora users will simply buy
>>>> hardware which does not have Secure Boot). I know I would.
>> No because some users in don't know what a firmware is and
can't/don't
>> want to fiddle with it.
>
> Except it won't be that hard.
For people like you.
Excuse me, but "people like him" used to be our (Fedora's) target
audience. Have a read at
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User_base
For voluntary Linux consumers who are computer-friendly and likely
collaborators to the project, a mere BIOS change *is* trivial. If they
are not able to do even that, which level of contributions to you expect
back?
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