Yesterday I tried booting Trisquel 8 on a friend's Acer Aspire running Windows 10. I was unable to do so, due to Secure Boot. I tried disabling Secure Boot using guides like these,
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/disabling-secure-boot https://www.appgeeker.com/recovery/disable-uefi-secure-boot-in-windows-10.html all of which advise booting into recovery boot and disabling Secure Boot in the BIOS settings. However, all security settings, including Secure Boot, were greyed out. I found one source that suggested switching from UEFI to Legacy mode, but after doing so she was unable to boot into Windows. I promptly switched back to UEFI mode, afraid of screwing up her system. I completely agree with the decision described here https://trisquel.info/en/forum/trisquel-8-codename-flidas-release-candidate-ready-testing#comment-130639 not to have T8 signed by Micro$oft, because f*ck them. However, this makes it challenging to install Trisquel on newer computers. Ideally we'd have our own documentation page on disabling Secure Boot, but this would take the contributions of many users, as it would have to be tested on a variety of PCs by every manufacturer. Does anyone know of a resource that has already started compiling this information?
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