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What bios settings do I need to change before installing Linux? (lemmy.ml)

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So I got a new HP Victus 2023, and I want to install Fedora on it, it has an RTX 4050 and has win11 preinstalled, my last laptop was a 2014 Toshiba and I only had to disable secure boot for Linux to run, is there something else to disable before installing Fedora ? Maybe TPM?

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Fedora works perfectly with secure boot and I keep it enabled when I’m using fedora. It’s worth noting, that if you require any software in the form of a kernel module (for instance, openrazer, a Linux tool for controlling razer devices) it won’t function with secure boot enabled because it isn’t registered at boot. You’d have to reboot to bios, turn off Secure Boot, log in and set your configs, then reboot and turn secure boot back on.

Or you could just leave it off.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I'm only worried about the nvidia driver, will it work with secure boot enabled? Given I install it from rpmfusion

[–] SteveTech 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It can, but it requires creating your own signing key, registering it with secure boot, and signing your nvidia driver.

There's a guide here: https://askubuntu.com/a/1049479

But if you're running any out of tree drivers (e.g. the nvidia driver), I'd recommend just leaving secure boot off.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Yep, I guess I should have lead with that, but I’ve been on an AMD GPU for so long I almost forgot what a pain closed source Nvidia drivers can be.