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It depends on the distribution. AFAIK you have to sign each version of the bootloader and for GPL related reasons you cannot do this with GRUB2 so Ubuntu are ha
by jiggy2011 14y ago
It depends on the distribution. AFAIK you have to sign each version of the bootloader and for GPL related reasons you cannot do this with GRUB2 so Ubuntu are having to resort back to GRUB1.
This means that whilst you may be able to run big "brand name" distributions like Ubuntu or RedHat on a secure boot PC more obscure distros might simply not work at all (unless you turn secure boot off).
- gizmo686 14y agoActually you are allowed to use grub2. The issue would be if you sell a device with grub2 pre-installed, and no way to install a user version. Also, the other distributions could simply use Ubuntu's signed bootloader (So could rootkits).