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Subject: Re: Is this something we (as consumers of FreeBSD) need to be aware
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> UEFI considerations drive Fedora to pay MSFT to sign their kernel binaries
> http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8035515/1292406/565573/0/
>
> This would seem to make compiling from source difficult.

simply do not support it. As long as they are users of Fedora (as well as 
FreeBSD and other FREE software) there will be hardware available.

Possibly the right time for non-wintel hardware to emerge. it isn't 
already better and cheaper only because of economy of scale - PCs are 
still produced by millions. But less and less, PC market is already 
falling.