On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 4:23 PM, Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell(a)gmail.com> wrote:
None the less, I do not believe it is "FUD" or in any way
inaccurate
to say that this will mean that Fedora will be losing a freedom it
once had— the freedom to make forks at no cost which are technically
equal to the projects, ones which are just as compatible and easy to
install.
Sorry to disappoint here but that was never the case ... creating a
fork always has been associated with costs ... time, effort, money
(yes you need infrastructure, hardware ...)
So this rises by 99$ if you want an out of the box installation
experience equal to fedora. By not supporting secure boot (which seems
is what you are proposing) you are making it worse for *everyone* how
is that "more freedom".
Sure it is worse then what we currently have but your proposed way is
*worse* then both . Worse out of the box installation experience for
the "unskilled user", effectively leaving the x86 market entirely to
MS (and other vendors that chose to implement secure boot).