RedHat will pay Microsoft to ensure Fedora 18 runs on Windows 8 PCs
RedHat, the makers of the popular Fedora Linux distro, made an announcement recently about the future of the OS that has some open source purists up in arms. Fedora 18 is expected to drop about the same time as Windows 8, and that means new hardware is going to be coming equipped with UEFI secure boot enabled. To ensure Fedora works smoothly for users, RedHat is getting cozy with the man.
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Almost all hardware will be Windows certified, so it will have the Windows boot keys. RedHat would otherwise have to create its own keys, then work with hardware vendors to implement them to avoid getting in bed with Microsoft. The logistics make that impossible.
RedHat will pay to be in bed with Microsoft to run with windows 8
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