Ubuntu wants to strip some of GRUB features in 26.10 for security purposes

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/streamlining-secure-boot-for-26-10/79069

Streamlining secure boot for 26.10

Ubuntu systems support secure boot using grub. grub contains a lot of parsers for file systems and other things which are a constant source of security issues. In 26.10, we’d like to propose removing the following features from signed GRUB builds: Filesystems Remove btrfs, hfsplus, xfs, zfs Retain ext4, fat, iso9660 (and squashfs for snaps) Image formats: Remove jpeg, png Retain none We do not use images, but using that in your grub.cfg locally is a massive security risk (if even still al...

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I glad that I moved to green pastures... Aka Debian.

This sort of crap keeps getting upstreamed into Debian.

Consider devuan for your next machine. I've switched almost all my linux boxes to it, and it's great.