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It's hard to believe when MS use secure boot to prevent Linux being able to boot. Twice now on my dual boot system a Windows update has prevented Linux being bo
by pbhjpbhj 9mo ago
It's hard to believe when MS use secure boot to prevent Linux being able to boot. Twice now on my dual boot system a Windows update has prevented Linux being bootable. If it weren't for MS's history one might consider it the accident of a ridiculously inept company.
Even just the lies around required hw updates is enough not to trust them.
SecureBoot looks like a system designed to make it hard to change OS, it has been used by MS for that, MS have a history of user-antagonist actions.
You say the conspiracy was never true, I'm going to need some serious proof.
- NekkoDroid 9mo ago> SecureBoot looks like a system designed to make it hard to change OS To be fair SecureBoot is in a way just that: it is intended to only boot binaries that are signed with a key that has been enrolled into the UEFI. The main issue is like almost always how those keys are managed.
- okanat 9mo agoIf you buy cheap HW you'll get totally half-assed firmware. It is usually the firmware that causes stupid reordering of the boot entries and weird resets. Business class computers (Thinkpads, Latitudes or Elitebooks) have somewhat half-assed firmware. So you usually don't encounter shenanigans like that. Only server computers have almost not half-assed firmware. They are very reliable but take forever to boot. If you want non-half-assed firmware, found your own computer company or join big tech where they can afford custom motherboards with their own firmware.