Hi Rahul, On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 2:44 PM, Rahul Sundaram <metherid@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> 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. Thanks a lot for the clarification. -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. -- 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
