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#1 2022-07-08 17:56:19

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New ThinkPads will not boot Linux by default

As of 2022 all new Lenovo machines require that the 3rd party UEFI SecureBoot certificate used by Linux distributions (including De{bi,vu}an) be authorised from the firmware ("BIOS") options. No Linux installer will boot on the machines until this is done.

Reference: https://download.lenovo.com/pccbbs/mobi โ€ฆ re_PCs.pdf

Looks like this is a requirement enforced by Microsoft and so might apply to all manufacturers. Nice.


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#2 2022-07-08 18:43:05

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Re: New ThinkPads will not boot Linux by default

What else would you expect but the tightening of the noose?

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#3 2022-07-09 06:29:12

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Re: New ThinkPads will not boot Linux by default

The only surprise is that this did not happen much earlier!


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#4 2022-07-09 08:50:35

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Re: New ThinkPads will not boot Linux by default

That'll most likely turn more people over to other platforms, like Chromebooks, Apple Arm, & other ARM based like Raspberry Pi, or even to the new RISC machines that seem to be slowly appearing - typical MS tactics to try to keep people locked in!!!

WAKE UP MANUFACTURERS, there are other Operating Systems, better than 'Windows', to put on your equipment.

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#5 2022-07-09 08:56:18

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Re: New ThinkPads will not boot Linux by default

As an option what about the system76 machines that come preloaded with pop os? I know they are systemd but that can be fixed once the machine is in hand surely?

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#6 2022-07-09 09:11:45

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Re: New ThinkPads will not boot Linux by default

ThinkPads preinstalled with Linux (or supplied without an operating system, as mine was) will already have 3rd party certificates enabled so I presume that would also be true for other Linux laptop vendors. Thankfully.


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#7 2022-07-09 09:36:10

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Re: New ThinkPads will not boot Linux by default

But this can be disabled? So i have read. Is it a case of a certain threat model in regards to not having secure boot enabled? And is the option in the bios to disable secure boot no longer available?

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#8 2022-07-09 09:45:29

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Re: New ThinkPads will not boot Linux by default

kyuss wrote:

But this can be disabled?

The user can disable 3rd party certificates, yes. I've removed all manufacturer-supplied certificates from my machine and just use a single certificate I created.

Some devices (usually discrete GPUs) can require the official Microsoft certificate to be allowed for their pre-installed firmware but the hash can be read from the TPM chip and enrolled into the SecureBoot database. Or so I have read :-)

kyuss wrote:

is the option in the bios to disable secure boot no longer available?

The seems to be present in the PDF to which I linked in the OP. So far.

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#9 2022-07-09 09:48:44

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Re: New ThinkPads will not boot Linux by default

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:
kyuss wrote:

But this can be disabled?

The user can disable 3rd party certificates, yes. I've removed all manufacturer-supplied certificates from my machine and just use a single certificate I created.

Some devices (usually discrete GPUs) can require the official Microsoft certificate to be allowed for their pre-installed firmware but the hash can be read from the TPM chip and enrolled into the SecureBoot database. Or so I have read :-)

kyuss wrote:

is the option in the bios to disable secure boot no longer available?

The seems to be present in the PDF to which I linked in the OP. So far.

Where can i read/learn about user created certificates, what would be the best source in your opinion?

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#10 2022-07-09 09:50:23

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