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Re:Linux and Secure Boot certificate expiration by littlestymaar on Friday July 18, 2025 @04:12AM (#44602402)
> Now had the Linux folks stepped up to the plate early on, instead of childishly acting

This kind of victim blaming gets annoying very quick, as if the Linux ecosystem had any leverage at all on PC manufacturers…

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Re:Linux and Secure Boot certificate expiration by sugarpimpdorsey on Friday July 18, 2025 @07:33PM (#44611000)
> as if the Linux ecosystem had any leverage at all on PC manufacturers…

Linux has 63% of the server marketshare, which is where Secure Boot and the whole chain-of-trust has utmost importance. Of course they have leverage.

Do you think overall Secure Boot is more important in the context of securing your bank's servers, or some porno jack machine throwaway laptop?

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