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dsilverz ,
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Simultaneously, Microsoft has been expanding their efforts so to require Windows users to upgrade to Windows 11, even those who own old machines that don’t have TPM 2.0, while those machines are prohibited to really upgrade to Windows 11, meaning that their owners would need to buy another PC/laptop. Several Windows users were using a cheat to install Windows 11 without TPM 2.0, but Microsoft has been patching it, so it’s going to be a no more. Users of Windows 10 will have two options: buy another PC or migrate to Linux. I’d bet Microsoft already knows the latter possibility. Several distros generally come with the option “dual-boot installation” as default, so there are many novel Linux users, migrating from Windows, that chose to keep Windows together with Linux (so to not lose files and configs they made on Windows). What if something broke Linux and these users that are trying to escape Windows are now forced to use Windows?

ExtremeDullard ,
@ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

Windows is best run in a VM in Linux. Who knows what the hell it does when it’s running on bare metal. Do you trust Microsoft not to poke around in your Linux disks when you boot into Windows? I don’t.

gramgan ,

Newbie question: does this affect people using systemd-boot? Does anyone use systemd-boot?

StrawberryPigtails ,

And this is why I don’t dual boot anymore. Or run Windows anymore for that matter. Learn to play nicely with others please, Microsoft.

eager_eagle ,
@eager_eagle@lemmy.world avatar

Secure boot borking systems? Windows assuming it’s the only OS on the machine? I’m shocked

that_leaflet OP ,
@that_leaflet@lemmy.world avatar

Windows assuming it’s the only OS on the machine

That’s not the case. The update was only meant to go out to Windows users. But Microsoft messed up and accidentally released to all users, or at least some who weren’t supposed to receive it. My guess is that Microsoft usually doesn’t update secure boot stuff for dual boot users and instead waits for the distro to push the update.

eager_eagle ,
@eager_eagle@lemmy.world avatar

The bottom line is that a windows update broke grub. Again.

clif ,

Ah, delete the windows partition. That should keep me safe.

that_leaflet OP ,
@that_leaflet@lemmy.world avatar

The TLDR is that Microsoft released a secure boot update that blocked insecure versions of GRUB. This update was only meant to go out to Windows users since releasing it to dual booted users could break GRUB. However, it was accidentally also released to dual-booted users.

The fix involves disabling dual boot, running a command to reset secure boot, then re-enabling.

Zoidsberg ,
@Zoidsberg@lemmy.ca avatar

accidentally

Right.

getoffthedrugsdude ,

Accidentally on purpose

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