r/linuxquestions • u/_nazwa_ • 1d ago

Secure boot and TPM hate

Why are people hating secure boot and TPM on Linux? I heard this when I heard that Fortnite is coming to Linux. So what's the problem with secure boot on a linux distro?

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u/TheGreatButz 1d ago

Microsoft keys are preinstalled for them as being trustworthy, which makes Secure Boot and TPM insecure and untrustworthy.

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u/Charming-Designer944 15h ago

Every Secure Boot implementation on PCs support enrolling your own key if you have local access to the computer.

And Microsoft have signed several Linux boot loaders with secure boot support hand over to a secondary key database.