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[-] that_leaflet@lemmy.world 54 points 3 months ago

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@lemmy.ca 64 points 3 months ago
[-] getoffthedrugsdude@lemmy.ml 24 points 3 months ago

Accidentally on purpose

[-] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 7 points 3 months ago

How would they know if you're dual booting or not?

[-] that_leaflet@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

By checking for entries in the EFI partition(s).

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