It's been a long day and I am tired. Maybe someone can help me out with this?

I wanted to install a new #Linux disto on my most beefy machine, but it has UEFI and SecureBoot. I know that I can turn them off, but it seemed to be a challenge getting any distro on there that wasn't GhostBSD or Fedora.

My question - is it possible in 2025 to get a new machine that doesn't have UEFI or Secure boot? Or is that not possible and I just am doing something wrong when it comes to installing any non-Fedora or BSD type of distro?

If the problem exists between the keyboard and the chair, I am willing to accept that as possible or even likely. I tried a few options (openSUSE and endeavorOS) but the only thing I could get to work was Slackware or FreeBSD, and that is just a little more effort than I have right now. I've got projects that I need to work on, and I don't want to spend more than a few hours setting up an OS.

I mostly write code using vim, but I do need to do some virtualization as well. Those are my biggest considerations.

Anyway, I appreciate any suggestions you might have. Thank you!

#lazyweb