Comment on Is this the end of Bootloader Unlocking in the EU?

• festus@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Only if the motherboard vendor allows you to. Imagine buying a Dell or Asus laptop and being forced to only run Windows.

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  • Tiger_Man_@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    So on most motherboards secure boot is just fake secure boot to satisfy windows?

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    • festus@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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.

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