mortalic@lemmy.world to Linux Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoWhy I Switched to Nobara Linux, and Why You Should Tooopen.substack.comexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up143arrow-down17file-text
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minus-squareLaitinlok@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months agoThe problem is that it doesn’t support secure boot
minus-squareEspi@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·11 months agoWhile I like secure boot and leave it enabled when possible, to be honest it only protects against a type of attack so elaborate its pretty much useless. Whenever its minorly inconvenient I just disable it without worry.
minus-squarevividspecter@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoSecure boot is also required if you want TPM2 unlock support. Pretty niche, but nice if you have a full disk encrypted system.
minus-squaremortalic@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·11 months agoSo, turn it off?
The problem is that it doesn’t support secure boot
While I like secure boot and leave it enabled when possible, to be honest it only protects against a type of attack so elaborate its pretty much useless. Whenever its minorly inconvenient I just disable it without worry.
Secure boot is also required if you want TPM2 unlock support. Pretty niche, but nice if you have a full disk encrypted system.
Why is that a problem?
So, turn it off?