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So I have a dell latitude 5550 with these specs

and on the ubuntu certified laptops page for this model, the processors listed are totally different. The listed hardware doesn't even exist for the 5550 model!

So I get device security

Here is the technical report

Device Security Report
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Report details
  Date generated:                                  2024-08-01 11:49:44
  fwupd version:                                   1.9.16


System details
  Hardware model:                                  Dell Inc. Latitude 5550
  Processor:                                       Intel(R) Core(TM) Ultra 7 165U
  OS:                                              Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  Security level:                                  HSI:0! (v1.9.16)


HSI-1 Tests
  UEFI Platform Key:                               Pass (Valid)
  TPM v2.0:                                        Pass (Found)
  UEFI Bootservice Variables:                      Pass (Locked)
  Firmware BIOS Region:                            Pass (Locked)
  MEI Key Manifest:                                Pass (Valid)
  UEFI Secure Boot:                                Pass (Enabled)
  Firmware Write Protection Lock:                  Pass (Enabled)
  Platform Debugging:                              Pass (Not Enabled)
  Intel Management Engine Manufacturing Mode:      Pass (Locked)
  BIOS Firmware Updates:                           Pass (Enabled)
  Firmware Write Protection:                       Pass (Not Enabled)
  TPM Platform Configuration:                      Pass (Valid)
  Intel Management Engine Override:                Pass (Locked)
  Intel Management Engine Version:               ! Fail


HSI-2 Tests
  Platform Debugging:                              Pass (Locked)
  Intel BootGuard ACM Protected:                 ! Fail (Not Valid)
  IOMMU Protection:                                Pass (Enabled)
  Intel BootGuard Fuse:                            Pass (Valid)
  BIOS Rollback Protection:                      ! Fail (Not Enabled)
  Intel BootGuard Verified Boot:                 ! Fail (Not Valid)
  TPM Reconstruction:                              Pass (Valid)
  Intel BootGuard:                                 Pass (Enabled)


HSI-3 Tests
  Suspend To RAM:                                  Pass (Not Enabled)
  Intel BootGuard Error Policy:                  ! Fail (Not Valid)
  Pre-boot DMA Protection:                         Pass (Enabled)
  Control-flow Enforcement Technology:             Pass (Supported)
  Suspend To Idle:                                 Pass (Enabled)


HSI-4 Tests
  Encrypted RAM:                                 ! Fail (Not Enabled)
  Supervisor Mode Access Prevention:               Pass (Enabled)


Runtime Tests
  Control-flow Enforcement Technology:           ! Fail (Not Supported)
  Firmware Updater Verification:                   Pass (Not Tainted)
  Linux Swap:                                      Pass (Encrypted)
  Linux Kernel Verification:                       Pass (Not Tainted)
  Linux Kernel Lockdown:                           Pass (Enabled)


Host security events


For information on the contents of this report, see https://fwupd.github.io/hsi.html

Is my laptop doomed for ubuntu use? Or do I just wait for next ubuntu version and the ubuntu devs will fix it?

Gibberish
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The question presents hardware specs and a hardware test, then asks if software will compensate for OEM hardware deficiencies.

No, Ubuntu will not compensate for hardware deficiencies.

Ubuntu may run perfectly well on your hardware anyway. It runs on most hardware very well.

Ubuntu does not, for example, require an Intel BootGuard Error Policy in order to successfully boot and operate.

user535733
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It is fine. You don't need certification or to pass all those checks to run Ubuntu. Surely you had to boot a live USB to run the tests in the first place, therefore showing you that Ubuntu does indeed work on your computer?

Joe of Loath
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