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SecureBoot Linux & Open-Source News

Linux Mint 21.3 Released With Full SecureBoot Support, Cinnamon 6.0 Desktop   Operating Systems   2024-01-12
Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS Released With Restored UEFI Secure Boot Support   Ubuntu   2023-03-23
memtest86+ 6.10 Released With UEFI Secure Boot Signing, Headless EFI   Hardware   2023-02-03
VirtualBox 7.0 Released - Full VM Encryption Support, Direct3D Acceleration Using DXVK   Virtualization   2022-10-10
Microsoft's Director of OS Security Gets Coreboot Playing Nicely With Windows 11   Microsoft   2022-01-18
AMD Ryzen 6000 Series Mobile CPUs Feature Microsoft's Pluton Security   AMD   2022-01-04
Alpine Linux 3.15 Released - Builds Off Linux 5.15, Drops MIPS64, SimpleDRM For FB   Operating Systems   2021-11-24
IBM Engineer Has Been Exploring Possible Rust Modules For GRUB   GNU   2021-09-24
Lennart: Linux Comes Up Short Around Disk Encryption, Authenticated Boot Security   systemd   2021-09-23
Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS Released To Correct Broken Install Media   Ubuntu   2021-09-17
Multiple New Security Issues Hit GRUB Bootloader Around Secure Boot   Linux Security   2021-03-02
Intel + Microsoft Continue Work On Replacing More SMM "Black Boxes" With PRM   Coreboot   2020-12-06
Debian 10.5 Released To Address The GRUB2 BootHole Vulnerability, Other Security Fixes   Debian   2020-08-01
BootHole Blows Hole In GRUB2 Bootloader Security, Including UEFI SecureBoot   Linux Security   2020-07-29
Android-x86 9.0-r2 Released With Updated Kernel, UEFI Boot Fix   Operating Systems   2020-03-25
Linux Mint Debian Edition 4 Released - Finally Supports SecureBoot, Home Encryption   Operating Systems   2020-03-20
Android-x86 9.0 Nearing Release - RC1 Brings Experimental Vulkan, Text-Based Installer   Google   2019-11-15
Linux 5.4 Pulls In LOCKDOWN Support For Opt-In Hardware/Kernel Security Restrictions   Linux Kernel   2019-09-28
Linus Torvalds Hasn't Yet Decided On "LOCKDOWN" Functionality For Linux 5.4   Linux Kernel   2019-09-27
Linux "Lockdown" Patches Hit Their 40th Revision   Linux Security   2019-08-20
Debian Installer Buster RC3 Brings Last Minute Improvements   Debian   2019-07-03
Debian Installer Buster RC2 Released   Debian   2019-06-26
Fedora's GRUB2 EFI Build To Offer Greater Security Options   Fedora   2019-06-24
Linux Kernel "LOCKDOWN" Ported To Being An LSM, Still Undergoing Review   Linux Security   2019-06-23
Debian 10 Buster's Installer Reaches RC Phase - Finally Offers Secure Boot Support   Debian   2019-04-15
32nd Time The Charm? Latest Linux Lockdown Patches Posted   Linux Kernel   2019-04-04
GRUB2 EFI Support In Fedora 31 Likely To Include New Security Modules   Fedora   2019-03-26
LOCKDOWN Aiming To Be In Linux 5.2 For Tightening Up Hardware/Kernel Access   Linux Kernel   2019-03-25
Linux Lock-Down Kernel Patches Get Revived, Seeking Mainline Inclusion   Linux Kernel   2019-03-01
Debian 10 "Buster" Working To Have UEFI SecureBoot In Good Shape   Debian   2019-01-07
The Linux Kernel In 2018 Summed Up: Spectre/Meltdown, CoC, Speck Fears, New Features   Linux Kernel   2018-12-31
Apple's New Hardware With The T2 Security Chip Will Currently Block Linux From Booting   Hardware   2018-11-05
It's Looking Like UEFI SecureBoot Will Be Ready In Time For Debian 10.0 Buster   Debian   2018-08-03
Apple, Ryzen, Valve & The Evolving Linux Kernel Dominated Conversations In Q2   Free Software   2018-07-04
Linux 4.17, Ryzen, Valve & Apple Looking For Kernel Devs Topped April   Phoronix   2018-05-01
Debian Making Progress On UEFI SecureBoot Support In 2018   Debian   2018-04-30
Matthew Garrett Elaborates More On Lockdown + Secure Boot Pairing   Linux Kernel   2018-04-05
Torvalds Expresses Concerns Over Current "Kernel Lockdown" Approach   Linux Kernel   2018-04-03
Linux 4.17 Will Be Another Exciting Kernel Cycle   Linux Kernel   2018-03-12
Oracle Linux 7 Update 4 Brings UEFI SecureBoot, USBGuard Added & Btrfs Supported   Oracle   2017-09-09
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed Is Now Built With PIE   SUSE   2017-06-17
Debian 9.0 "Stretch" Might Not Have UEFI Secure Boot Support   Debian   2017-04-27
Kernel Lockdown: Tightening Up Linux Kernel Access From User-Space   Linux Kernel   2017-04-06
The Most Viewed Linux Kernel News Stories Of 2016   Linux Kernel   2016-12-30
Secure Boot Isn't So Secure After All: The Golden Key Is Out   Microsoft   2016-08-11
Vulkan, Raspberry Pi 3, AMDGPU & Other Exciting Linux Milestones So Far This Year   Phoronix   2016-06-28
Windows 10 & People Learning I'm Not A Robot Were The Most Popular Stories This Month   Phoronix   2016-04-30
Well Known Linux Kernel Developer Recommends Against Buying Skylake Systems   Linux Kernel   2016-04-13
NVIDIA Sends Out Revised Secure Boot Patches For Nouveau   NVIDIA   2016-02-24
NVIDIA Publishes Nouveau Patches For Secure Boot, Unified Firmware Loading   NVIDIA   2016-01-18
Another Longtime Linux Developer Looks To Distance Himself From The Kernel Community   Linux Kernel   2015-10-06
Debian Wants To Tackle UEFI, But They Need Your Help   Debian   2015-08-06
New SecureBoot Concerns Arise With Windows 10   Proprietary Software   2015-03-21
New Features Proposed For Fedora 22   Fedora   2014-12-14
ACPI On ARM: Good Or Bad For Linux?   Arm   2014-09-24
SystemTap 2.5 Supports UEFI/SecureBoot & Other Features   Free Software   2014-04-30
Defeating Secure Boot With Linux Kexec   Linux Kernel   2013-12-04
The ASUS "Bay Trail" T100 Is Not Linux Friendly   Hardware   2013-10-27
How To Boot A UEFI Self-Signed Linux Kernel   Linux Kernel   2013-09-03
Fedora 20 To Move Towards Journal, GNOME 3.10   Fedora   2013-07-25
Fedora 20 Gets A Bunch Of Features Proposed   Fedora   2013-07-11
NVIDIA Has Major New Linux Driver: Optimus, RandR 1.4   NVIDIA   2013-04-09
Linux Group Files Complaint With EU Over SecureBoot   Free Software   2013-03-26
openSUSE 12.3 RC2 Better Supports UEFI, Live Media   SUSE   2013-02-28
Linux Foundation Still Prepping Its Secure Boot Loader   Free Software   2013-02-01
Three PC Brands Where SecureBoot On Linux Is Botched   Hardware   2013-02-01
Gummiboot Is Still Simply Booting EFI Systems   Hardware   2013-01-22
ELF Executable Signing/Verification Comes For Linux   Free Software   2013-01-16
More Fedora 19 Features Are Proposed   Fedora   2013-01-10
Linux On The Microsoft Surface Won't Be Easy   Microsoft   2012-12-29
Free Software Foundation Thinks It Can Stop SecureBoot   GNU   2012-12-29
The State Of Linux Distributions Handling SecureBoot   Operating Systems   2012-12-28
SecureBoot Is Now Easier For Smaller Distributions   Operating Systems   2012-11-30
LF: There's Less Concern About ARM UEFI SecureBoot   Linux Kernel   2012-11-27
Linux Foundation Struggles With Microsoft UEFI Signing   Microsoft   2012-11-20
Lenovo UEFI Only Wants To Boot Windows, RHEL   Hardware   2012-11-16
Signed Kernel Modules Support For Linux 3.7   Linux Kernel   2012-10-16
Linux Foundation Comes Up With SecureBoot Plan   Hardware   2012-10-10
Ubuntu Switches Back To GRUB2 For SecureBoot   Ubuntu   2012-09-21
First Attempt At Linux Kernel Secure Boot Support   Hardware   2012-09-06
FreeBSD Struggles To Gain UEFI Boot Support   BSD   2012-08-28
Fedora 18 Is Hot, Supports Network Teaming, SecureBoot   Fedora   2012-07-24
Debian Wants To Work With Its Offspring (Ubuntu)   Debian   2012-07-13
Debian Wheezy To Take Up 73 CDs Or 11 DVDs   Debian   2012-07-10
Debian Developers Discuss UEFI SecureBoot Plans   Debian   2012-07-09
The Most Popular Linux Happenings From Q2'2012   Phoronix   2012-07-04
GRUB 2.00 Boot-Loader Officially Released   GNU   2012-06-27
UEFI SecureBoot Comes To QEMU-KVM   Operating Systems   2012-06-27
Ubuntu's Plans To Implement UEFI SecureBoot: No GRUB2   Ubuntu   2012-06-22
The UEFI SecureBoot Saga For Linux Continues   Hardware   2012-05-31
Interesting Discussions For Ubuntu 12.10 Summit   Ubuntu   2012-04-28
UEFI On Linux Is Like A Pathogen   Free Software   2012-04-06