Microsoft supports LinuxBoot
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- Dominant language
- JavaScript
- Stars
- 300
- Forks
- 54
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
Description
Worth at least referencing in the UEFI documentation or why LinuxBoot is a good idea.
Since bootloaders run before operating systems run, they mostly have UEFI-provided services as APIs to rely on. Therefore, bootloaders do not benefit from modern operating system security features
Contributor guide
No contributing guide indexed for this repository
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Locate the UEFI documentation in the repository's Markdown content and read the linked Microsoft security article for relevant context. Clarify whether the change should be a reference, an explanation of LinuxBoot's benefits, or both; done means the chosen context is added clearly to the appropriate documentation section.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- linux
- Domain
- documentation, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100