We're in the home stretch now. In the first post of this series I looked at the general characteristics of Linux installations on systems with UEFI firmware - specifically how the disk is partitioned, ...

Earlier this week I realized that there had recently been a new release of PCLinuxOS. It was not as easy or obvious as you might think to notice this, because there was no release announcement that I ...

In an effort to provide an "it just works" experience, future versions of Ubuntu will move away from GRUB 2 on UEFI systems. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window ...

Why it matters: Billions of computers that are currently in use rely on a feature called Secure Boot to ensure malware has one less way of penetrating your computer. However, a new flaw discovered in ...

Security researchers at Eclypsium have disclosed a serious vulnerability in the GRUB2 bootloader that could be used by cyber criminals to take “near total control” of Linux systems during the boot ...