More People Want to Quit Windows (Vista 10 is "End of Life"), Restricted Boot (UEFI) Makes That Harder

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 17, 2025,
updated Nov 17, 2025

Over the weekend:

Hours ago:

"When i tried to make my efibootmanager to launch the signed bootloaders from the usb it straight up rejects with a bluescreen saying "Arch has been blocked by the current security policy.""

Every day, everywhere in the world, people try to install GNU/Linux. They don't want Windows anymore or they want to dual-boot, basically to try something else in tandem.

Then, Restricted Boot gets in their way. Most of them don't even understand that. They're not very technical; to them, "Linux just doesn't work..."

It's widely agreed (a consensus) that Restricted Boot is a bad thing for GNU/Linux and even a bad thing for all computer users.

It was never about security, it's about controlling users using false promises. █

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