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Linux and Secure Boot certificate expiration (lwn.net)

submitted 2 months ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/linux@programming.dev

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

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[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

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

Anti Commercial-AI license

[–] granolabar@kbin.melroy.org 9 points 2 months ago

It is always about the money.

[–] khleedril@cyberplace.social 1 points 2 months ago

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