Hi,
In order to install EndeavourOS I had to disable secure boot and now I was wondering if it would be a good idea to re-enable it. My setup is a bit strange because I have a dual boot with windows 11 and EndeavourOS on a luks encrypted btrfs partition. I use grub as my bootloader with grub-btrfs for the snapshto list in the grub menu. What can be the possible disadvantages/problems of enabling secure boot?
You would need to do some manual work to enable secureboot. It is possible, but more difficult, when using grub.
See here for more info: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface/Secure_Boot
Ok, so is better if I change the bootloader to systemd-boot. Is possible switch to systemd-boot? Because I really need of the bootable snapshot in the boot menu. I have found some post that suggest to use rEFInd (this and this). I can have both bootloader and chose from the UEFI settings which boot, right?
Thanks
No, if you want snapshot booting, stick with grub.
I think the question you should be asking yourself is āWhat is the benefit I will get from secure boot and does it effect my use case?ā
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Hello,
this is a post of someone, who wants to install EOS on a new laptop - last installation is some longer time ago.
In preparation of EOS installation to the new machine I have read several post and forums and blogs. As I like as much āsecureā as possible I also was looking for secure boot.
BUT I imediately stopped thinking about it, when I read something like āWarning! Be careful! It is possible to brick the computer, if something goes wrongā. 
So, no way for me; I like this new laptop too much 
. But it is your choice.
Photor
I donāt consider āobscuringā the OS much of a feature, but your opinions may vary.
Iād secure MY data and not worry about the OS itself.
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