Linux users face a Microsoft Secure Boot headache - here's the painkiller
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- Linux has a new Secure Boot problem.
- But it's not nearly as bad as some people make out.
- Here's what you can do to address the issue.
Back in the late 2000s, computer firmware was moving from legacy BIOS to UEFI Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI). Alongside it came Secure Boot. This Microsoft-supported security mechanism was designed to stop bootkits and firmware‑level malware that traditional operating system security couldn't detect in its tracks. Secure Boot was messy, but it did the job. For people trying to install and run Linux on Windows PCs, this setup was a real pain in the rump. Here we are, 14 years after Secure Boot first appeared on Windows 8 PCs, and it once again has the potential to give Linux users a real headache.
Once again, some Linux...
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