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I dream of a time when I will be able to just dd vmlinuz to /dev/bios_flash or some such … all of these platform firmwares are becoming a burden and a liability.
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SecureBoot has been a particular problem: it’s a huge hassle for desktop Linux right now if you have NVidia drivers in your kernel. And SecureBoot is a farce with so many bugs over the years it’s never provided real security.
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… a huge hassle for desktop Linux right now if you have NVidia drivers in your kernel. …
Can you elaborate? A link to an authoritative summary will be ideal. An ELI5 summary, if you like, I’ll not be insulted. Thanks.
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I don’t understand the details but the proprietary Nvidia driver license ends up in you having to build your own kernel, then somehow arrange for it to be signed for SecureBoot. I think most distros have you enroll a new signing key in the BIOS.
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