On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 02:45:21PM +0300, Nicu Buculei wrote:
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?
Take another look at how that page defines "computer-friendly." It's
not a very high bar. "Computer-friendly" is defined as a user that can
download our distribution and install it, as long as we can give *clear
instructions* on how to do so, without requiring them to troubleshoot
problems or figure out how secure boot works.
Right now, we're missing the "clear instructions" part.
I'm not sure I understand this argument anyway. You do realize that
"turn it off before you install" is the same as "turn it off before you
install a modified kernel," right? Except that you aren't forced to do
so just to use Linux at all?
--
Scott Schmit