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.
Screwed just means you'll have to turn off Secure Boot if you ever want to reinstall Linux. And on many PCs the Secure Boot has been so badly implemented it's pretty worthless anyway. Several of mine have a root key called something like "AMI TEST KEY - DO NOT TRUST" which basically invalidates the whole system and is unfixable by the user.
They're asking for the newest version of firmware available, not the one you have installed. Check the website of your motherboards manufacturer to see if they have anything.
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floofloof@lemmy.ca · 15 pts · 341d
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.
onlinepersona@programming.dev · 17 pts · 341d
Or it's on purpose to force the purchase of new hardware.
Anti Commercial-AI license
granolabar@kbin.melroy.org · 9 pts · 341d
It is always about the money.
khleedril@cyberplace.social · 2 pts · 339d
@floofloof @cm0002 Poor planning my ass. This was the plan all along. They [expletive] know what they are doing.
ook@discuss.tchncs.de · 6 pts · 341d
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 341d
Was your bios updated in the last few years? Not when you updated it, but when the manufacturer pushed a newer update.
If it's older than 2023 then you're screwed. If it's been updated since then then you're probably fine.
floofloof@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 339d
Screwed just means you'll have to turn off Secure Boot if you ever want to reinstall Linux. And on many PCs the Secure Boot has been so badly implemented it's pretty worthless anyway. Several of mine have a root key called something like "AMI TEST KEY - DO NOT TRUST" which basically invalidates the whole system and is unfixable by the user.
ook@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 341d
meekah@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 340d
They're asking for the newest version of firmware available, not the one you have installed. Check the website of your motherboards manufacturer to see if they have anything.
ook@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 340d
meekah@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 339d
Yeah, as far as I understand it. I think you're fine if you just turn secure boot off, if that's an option for you.
ook@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 339d
CCMan1701A@startrek.website · 2 pts · 341d
i have just revived a system from 2013 with linux, if i turn off secure boot does this matter?
f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 340d
No.
Infernal_pizza@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 340d
Would this not also be an issue for Windows users? Or is the Windows boot loader signed with a different key?