Some systems can bypass secure boot
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MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks agoSecure boot force enabled with preset certificates would essentially do that.
Tiger_Man_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
festus@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Only if the motherboard vendor allows you to. Imagine buying a Dell or Asus laptop and being forced to only run Windows.
Tiger_Man_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
So on most motherboards secure boot is just fake secure boot to satisfy windows?
festus@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
No. Thankfully (at the moment) vendors are allowing us to install other OSes, but if a vendor really wanted to lock you down to Windows all they’d need to do is hide one option in the bios. I’m uncomfortable with the idea that there’s no technical reason preventing the PC industry from getting as locked down as Android phones did over time.
DFX4509B_2@lemmy.org 3 weeks ago
Except that would require a rewrite of the PC spec which I’m not sure would work out too well given the existence of loose mainboards for custom builds which ship with no OS by default and expect you to supply the OS yourself, ditto for niche manufacturers like Framework who also offer the option of letting you supply your own OS.