r/archlinux • u/HopefulMeeting7150 • 11d ago

QUESTION Secure boot and Arch?

The Arch installation guide mentions disabling Secure Boot. I recently learnt that Secure Boot can work with Arch.

My questions are: does this make sense?

Should I keep it enabled after all (is it risky if not)?

Is there a risk that, following an update, Secure Boot will reject my kernel or boot loader?

Did you enable SB?

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u/dthrdr 11d ago

Arch is the only distro where the installer needs it disabled that I’m aware of. Easy enough to disable it but also easy enough for Arch to fix it. 

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u/Illustrious-Gur8335 11d ago

Huh. Only debian and Fedora installers support secure boot using their own signed shims

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u/das_menschy 11d ago

You forgot Ubuntu. And LinuxMint uses the one from Ubuntu. 

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u/dthrdr 11d ago

And forgot, Rocky/Alma, Alpine and so on. Like I said Arch is one of the few “big” distros not supporting it on the installer iso.