{"id":1209,"date":"2018-08-31T22:42:54","date_gmt":"2018-08-31T11:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gedda.info\/?p=1209"},"modified":"2018-09-05T22:58:19","modified_gmt":"2018-09-05T11:58:19","slug":"is-secure-boot-becoming-mandatory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gedda.info\/?p=1209","title":{"rendered":"Is secure boot becoming mandatory?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gedda.info\/?p=1124\">gift that keeps on<\/a>&#8230; is now making it difficult for me to install Linux on it.<\/p>\n<p>Back in the good old days you used to be able to install a boot loader to the MBR of the first hard drive and away you go. Apparently this doesn&#8217;t work anymore. I installed KaOS on it and while it seemed to install fine the darn thing won&#8217;t boot.<\/p>\n<p>Want to add an EFI source? Now it seems you have to enable secure boot to add a &#8220;trusted&#8221; source. 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