Fedora 18 to support UEFI secure boot and to ship with the MATE desktop.

The Fedora 18 Linux distribution will have support for UEFI secure boot uopn release as well as the Linux Mint MATE desktop available for installation. I prefer XFce4 now; but the MATE desktop still is very good for those of us who want a retro looking Linux desktop that is very attractive at the same … Read more

Good hardware deals from Newegg and Linux to support UEFI Secure Boot.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231556&name=Desktop-Memory. This is a good deal; only 67.99 for 16 Gigabytes of RAM. Since the average motherboard only support 32 Gigabytes of RAM in total; this means that with all four RAM slots filled you could install the maximum amount of RAM in your motherboard relatively cheaply. If you purchase a quality motherboard like the … Read more

UEFI secure boot locking out Linux users.

Microsoft are backing a Secure Boot system that will lock computers into running Windows 7 or 8 and this will prevent the installation of Linux/UNIX or any other free open source operating system. Microsoft can not secure their own operating system properly so they want to lock out other operating system vendors and force everyone … Read more