Linux Phones and Unlocked Bootloaders?

Or are computers gonna just go the smartphone route and you can’t instal another OS?

I mean, Chrombooks are the first example of computers being more locked down. Will compouter manufacturers do the same? Mifrosoft now requires TPM on windows 11, could they make “Secure Boot” mandatory for windows 12? (Thereby preventing a linux install)

  • Allero@lemmy.today
    2·
    2 days ago

    Secure Boot does allow for Linux installation, just not any Linux installation. Some distros support it (like Fedora), some don’t (like Manjaro).

    • throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
      3·
      2 days ago

      AFIAK, those that are “supported” merely were lucky enough to convince Microsoft to sign their Public Keys, so the machine would accept it. What happens when Microsoft refuse to sign linux distros?

      • Allero@lemmy.today
        3·
        2 days ago

        Technically, a developer can contact vendors to include their keys to Secure Boot, but that would require asking all of them and them responding positively. So, in practice, it is commonly Microsoft that controls it since obviously just about any vendor will support their signatures.