mortalic@lemmy.world to Linux Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoWhy I Switched to Nobara Linux, and Why You Should Tooopen.substack.comexternal-linkmessage-square29linkfedilinkarrow-up137arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up131arrow-down1external-linkWhy I Switched to Nobara Linux, and Why You Should Tooopen.substack.commortalic@lemmy.world to Linux Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square29linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareLaitinlok@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoThe problem is that it doesn’t support secure boot
minus-squareEspi@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·2 years 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-up1·2 years 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-down3·2 years 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?