On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 1:45 PM, Nicu Buculei <nicu_fedora@xxxxxxxxxxx> 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? You don't have to know how to change firmware options to contribute besides from the fedora goals "The Fedora Project consistently seeks to create, improve, and *spread* free/libre code and content. " ... you can't do that by excluding users for such dubious reasons ... -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
