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“Something has gone seriously wrong,” dual-boot systems warn after Microsoft update (arstechnica.com)
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Last Tuesday, loads of Linux users—many running packages released as early as this year—started reporting their devices were failing to boot. Instead, they received a cryptic error message that included the phrase: “Something has gone seriously wrong.”

The cause: an update Microsoft issued as part of its monthly patch release. It was intended to close a 2-year-old vulnerability in GRUB, an open source boot loader used to start up many Linux devices. The vulnerability, with a severity rating of 8.6 out of 10, made it possible for hackers to bypass secure boot, the industry standard for ensuring that devices running Windows or other operating systems don’t load malicious firmware or software during the bootup process. CVE-2022-2601 was discovered in 2022, but for unclear reasons, Microsoft patched it only last Tuesday.

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The reports indicate that multiple distributions, including Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Zorin OS, Puppy Linux, are all affected. Microsoft has yet to acknowledge the error publicly, explain how it wasn’t detected during testing, or provide technical guidance to those affected. Company representatives didn’t respond to an email seeking answers.

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[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They require a program called Final Draft. I looked around but couldn't find an alternative

[–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Try running it in Bottles. A lot of programs work there without many issues.

Use Bottles Flatpak

Bottles uses WINE which is way more performant than a VM.

[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 months ago

Thank you for the advise! YouTube tutorials, here I come!

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Technically it uses Soda + Proton but same diff

[–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

How is that different?

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Proton works better and is generally more performant

[–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 months ago

Yes Proton is different from Soda, but how is "technically Soda" actually what Bottles runs? I thought bottles runs WINE, which runs Soda as the runtime

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Which are both custom versions of Wine with extra patches? They aren't something like Luxortorpeda where it replaces the Windows game engine with a Linux one.

[–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Soda is the default Runtime, Proton (and outside of steam you should use Proton-GE) is the Steam one with way more compatibility for Games

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yes, I am aware of what it uses, but thanks for over-explaining. I was commenting on that person's implication that Soda and Proton, aren't infact, just variations of Wine.

[–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 months ago

The question mark made me think it was a question :)

The other commenter started a strange argument on what is what.