UEFI Secure Boot planned to be implemented in Fedora 18

[Bill Stanley]

On 06/23/2012 01:53 PM, compdoc wrote:
>> I'm dreading the arrival of Win 8 and the machines it will engender.
>
> Ubuntu went the way of a tablet interface two versions ago - before I ever
> saw what Win8 looked like. I'm getting used to it, I guess.
>
> And to the topic:
>
>> As opposed to previous releases of Windows, Microsoft this time around is
> imposing its' will on hardware vendors with a new Secure UEFI boot system.
>
> This is nonsense. Meaningless propaganda.
>
> The linux kernel already supports it, and my desktop's ASRock motherboard
> has a UEFI bios. It's been in around for some time now.
>
> The OS is not forced into using anything. It just needs to understand how to
> use it to boot.
>
> It's an advance in bios technology - an upgrade to the outdated bios code
> that  motherboards have used until recently.
>
> And if the OS wants to use the 'signed cert' parts that MS is embracing,
> then god bless em.
>
> IT can use all the help it can get in keeping the networks we care for
> running smoothly and infection-free.
>
> AMD has announced it going to insert an ARM cpu core directly onto their cpu
> dies. It will be dedicated to security. Things are getting interesting...
>
> Anyway there's nothing to see here folks, so move along. Just another false
> alarm.
>

By your reply, I get the impression that you are unaware of oaa the 
implications of UEFI.  UEFI is not yet fully implemented only parts of 
it exist and you say you have used it?  How?

Bill Stanley