On 07.07.2012, suvayu ali wrote: > Can I freely choose to use proprietary (or for that matter alternative > free) drivers for my hardware from whatever source I prefer? As long as you use UEFI/secure boot, your driver has to be signed. So you have to build and deploy your own keypair/signatures on your whole system. Alternatively, you could switch off secure boot, if you have hardware which allows this. > A few years back I was in a situation where my USB Wi-Fi dongle was not > yet supported by Fedora and I had to get the binary blob firmware from > the linux kernel wireless page and manually install and load it by hand > to use my hardware. Will I be able to do that with ease in the future? Both your kernel and your drivers have to be signed. See above. > Similarly, can I choose to install proprietary drivers or kernel modules > not distributed with Fedora from what ever source I wish (RPMFusion, > Vendor etc.)? See above. > 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? Then you're f*cked up and HAVE to build your own keys and re-sign your whole system. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
