UEFI Secure Boot planned to be implemented in Fedora 18

[Verde Denim]

Hrmmm--- all about choice?
On Jun 25, 2012 5:18 PM, "compdoc" <compdoc at hotrodpc.com> wrote:

> Quote:
>
> LINUX VENDOR Canonical will drop Grub 2 in favour of Intel's efilinux as
> its
> bootloader in order to comply with Microsoft's UEFI Secure Boot.
>
> Following Red Hat's Fedora project announcing its plans to ensure that its
> Linux distribution will not fall afoul of Microsoft's UEFI Secure Boot
> mechanism, Canonical has detailed how it plans on working with Microsoft's
> 'security feature'. The company will dispense with Grub 2, a Linux
> bootloader that it put significant work into, and modify Intel's efilinux
> bootloader to add a menu interface.
>
> Source: The Inquirer (http://s.tt/1fN89)
>
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