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Re:Lenovo shipping new laptops that only boot Windows by def... by vetinari on Friday July 08, 2022 @06:51AM (#32025417)
It is not a solution, it is a bad workaround.

> device guard and secure boot are different things, related, but different.

The problem is that it can have potentially catastrophic impact. If the user enabled Bitlocker, and didn't save recovery key (it will happen for mainstream users), he can lose his windows drive when he tries linux.

As I wrote above, another extra-hop for those who would like to go off the beaten windows path.

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Re:Lenovo shipping new laptops that only boot Windows by def... by peoplefromibiza on Friday July 08, 2022 @06:57AM (#32025472)
> It is not a solution, it is a bad workaround.

it's a configuration option.

it's a bad workaround for you.

I disagree.

> If the user enabled Bitlocker, and didn't save recovery key

then the user is responsible of being incautious.

case closed.

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Re:Lenovo shipping new laptops that only boot Windows by def... by vetinari on Saturday July 09, 2022 @07:08AM (#32033885)
> then the user is responsible of being incautious.

Congratulation, you just invalidated the entire raison d'etre of both Secure Boot and this new Device Guard.

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