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cm0002@lemmy.world to Linux@programming.dev · 5 days ago

Linux and Secure Boot certificate expiration

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Linux and Secure Boot certificate expiration

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cm0002@lemmy.world to Linux@programming.dev · 5 days ago
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Linux users who have Secure Boot enabled on their systems knowingly or unknowingly rely on a ke [...]

From: https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/26/The_UEFI_9_11_Part_I_Introduction_to_Impending_Catastrophe_Micr.shtml

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    What a terrible system. I have a couple of computers where the vendor provides good update support, but for most of them this is not the case and you’re pretty much stuck with the firmware you get. To tie Secure Boot to such a flaky set of distribution channels seems like very poor planning.

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      Or it’s on purpose to force the purchase of new hardware.

      Anti Commercial-AI license

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        It is always about the money.

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      @floofloof @cm0002 Poor planning my ass. This was the plan all along. They [expletive] know what they are doing.

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