PhoronixMar 25

Ubuntu 26.10 Looks To Strip Its GRUB Bootloader To The Bare Minimum For Better Security

Ubuntu developers at Canonical are looking to strip the signed GRUB bootloader features to the bare minimum for the Ubuntu 26.10 release later this year. Dropping support for XFS, ZFS, Btrfs, LVM, md-raid (except RAID1), LUKS-encrypted disks, and other features is being looked at in the name of security...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-26.10-Lighter-GRUB

Show threadTechokamiMar 25
@phoronix wh... what
how the hell does removing support for encrypted disks improve security
Show threadelsa sloth-ringen 🔜GPN
@techokami @phoronix i would think that this responsability would be offloaded to the initramfs (since the /boot is unencrypted), but without XFS or RAID support i fail to see how some systems may be bootable
Mar 25 at 1:30pmWeb
Show threadTechokamiMar 25
@elsactivitypub @phoronix yeah that's the big thing here; I use Btrfs on my Fedora system and this change, were it to be applied to my system, would basically brick it
Show threadelsa sloth-ringen 🔜GPNMar 25
@techokami @phoronix (only if you use Secure Boot-signed GRUB on ubuntu, non-secure boot ubuntu GRUB still has full support)