<channel>
<title>Petter Reinholdtsen - Entries from May 2013</title>
<description>Entries from May 2013</description>
- <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/</link>
+ <link>https://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/</link>
+ <item>
+ <title>How to install Linux on a Packard Bell Easynote LV preinstalled with Windows 8</title>
+ <link>https://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/How_to_install_Linux_on_a_Packard_Bell_Easynote_LV_preinstalled_with_Windows_8.html</link>
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+ <pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2013 15:20:00 +0200</pubDate>
+ <description><p>Two days ago, I asked
+<a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/How_can_I_install_Linux_on_a_Packard_Bell_Easynote_LV_preinstalled_with_Windows_8_.html">how
+I could install Linux on a Packard Bell EasyNote LV computer
+preinstalled with Windows 8</a>. I found a solution, but am horrified
+with the obstacles put in the way of Linux users on a laptop with UEFI
+and Windows 8.</p>
+
+<p>I never found out if the cause of my problems were the use of UEFI
+secure booting or fast boot. I suspect fast boot was the problem,
+causing the firmware to boot directly from HD without considering any
+key presses and alternative devices, but do not know UEFI settings
+enough to tell.</p>
+
+<p>There is no way to install Linux on the machine in question without
+opening the box and disconnecting the hard drive! This is as far as I
+can tell, the only way to get access to the firmware setup menu
+without accepting the Windows 8 license agreement. I am told (and
+found description on how to) that it is possible to configure the
+firmware setup once booted into Windows 8. But as I believe the terms
+of that agreement are completely unacceptable, accepting the license
+was never an alternative. I do not enter agreements I do not intend
+to follow.</p>
+
+<p>I feared I had to return the laptops and ask for a refund, and
+waste many hours on this, but luckily there was a way to get it to
+work. But I would not recommend it to anyone planning to run Linux on
+it, and I have become sceptical to Windows 8 certified laptops. Is
+this the way Linux will be forced out of the market place, by making
+it close to impossible for "normal" users to install Linux without
+accepting the Microsoft Windows license terms? Or at least not
+without risking to loose the warranty?</p>
+
+<p>I've updated the
+<a href="http://www.linlap.com/packard_bell_easynote_lv">Linux Laptop
+wiki page for Packard Bell EasyNote LV</a>, to ensure the next person
+do not have to struggle as much as I did to get Linux into the
+machine.</p>
+
+<p>Thanks to Bob Rosbag, Florian Weimer, Philipp Kern, Ben Hutching,
+Michael Tokarev and others for feedback and ideas.</p>
+</description>
+ </item>
+
+ <item>
+ <title>How can I install Linux on a Packard Bell Easynote LV preinstalled with Windows 8?</title>
+ <link>https://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/How_can_I_install_Linux_on_a_Packard_Bell_Easynote_LV_preinstalled_with_Windows_8_.html</link>
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+ <pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 18:20:00 +0200</pubDate>
+ <description><p>I've run into quite a problem the last few days. I bought three
+new laptops for my parents and a few others. I bought Packard Bell
+Easynote LV to run Kubuntu on and use as their home computer. But I
+am completely unable to figure out how to install Linux on it. The
+computer is preinstalled with Windows 8, and I suspect it uses UEFI
+instead of a BIOS to boot.</p>
+
+<p>The problem is that I am unable to get it to PXE boot, and unable
+to get it to boot the Linux installer from my USB stick. I have yet
+to try the DVD install, and still hope it will work. when I turn on
+the computer, there is no information on what buttons to press to get
+the normal boot menu. I expect to get some boot menu to select PXE or
+USB stick booting. When booting, it first ask for the language to
+use, then for some regional settings, and finally if I will accept the
+Windows 8 terms of use. As these terms are completely unacceptable to
+me, I have no other choice but to turn off the computer and try again
+to get it to boot the Linux installer.</p>
+
+<p>I have gathered my findings so far on a Linlap page about the
+<a href="http://www.linlap.com/packard_bell_easynote_lv">Packard Bell
+EasyNote LV</a> model. If you have any idea how to get Linux
+installed on this machine, please get in touch or update that wiki
+page. If I can't find a way to install Linux, I will have to return
+the laptop to the seller and find another machine for my parents.</p>
+
+<p>I wonder, is this the way Linux will be forced out of the market
+using UEFI and "secure boot" by making it impossible to install Linux
+on new Laptops?</p>
+</description>
+ </item>
+
<item>
<title>Skolelinux-intervju: Nirosan Thiyagalingam</title>
- <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Skolelinux_intervju__Nirosan_Thiyagalingam.html</link>
- <guid isPermaLink="true">http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Skolelinux_intervju__Nirosan_Thiyagalingam.html</guid>
+ <link>https://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Skolelinux_intervju__Nirosan_Thiyagalingam.html</link>
+ <guid isPermaLink="true">https://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Skolelinux_intervju__Nirosan_Thiyagalingam.html</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 21:40:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><p>En ting
-<a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Skolelinux</a>-prosjektet</a> har
+<a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Skolelinux-prosjektet</a> har
hatt mye glede av er studentprosjekter. F.eks. er
<a href="http://linuxstopmotion.org/">stillbildeanimasjonssystemet
Stopmotion</a> resultat av et studentprosjekt i Skolelinux. De siste
annet som koster de store summer. At skolelinux til de grader tilbyr
en så komplett løsning bure komme frem. Enten via reklamekampanjer
eller ved å sende ut folk til skoler for så å la skolenettverk
-ansvarlige får teste ut hvordan Skolelinux fungerer i praksis. Om det
+ansvarlige få teste ut hvordan Skolelinux fungerer i praksis. Om det
i tillegg ble utviklet gode websider og en emulator for å la brukere
prøve operativsystemet ville nok dette ha styrket inntrykket
betraktelig.</p>
<item>
<title>How to transform a Debian based system to a Debian Edu installation</title>
- <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/How_to_transform_a_Debian_based_system_to_a_Debian_Edu_installation.html</link>
- <guid isPermaLink="true">http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/How_to_transform_a_Debian_based_system_to_a_Debian_Edu_installation.html</guid>
+ <link>https://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/How_to_transform_a_Debian_based_system_to_a_Debian_Edu_installation.html</link>
+ <guid isPermaLink="true">https://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/How_to_transform_a_Debian_based_system_to_a_Debian_Edu_installation.html</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 11:50:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><p><a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Debian Edu / Skolelinux</a> is
an operating system based on Debian intended for use in schools. It
<item>
<title>Second alpha release of Debian Edu / Skolelinux based on Debian Wheezy</title>
- <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Second_alpha_release_of_Debian_Edu___Skolelinux_based_on_Debian_Wheezy.html</link>
- <guid isPermaLink="true">http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Second_alpha_release_of_Debian_Edu___Skolelinux_based_on_Debian_Wheezy.html</guid>
+ <link>https://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Second_alpha_release_of_Debian_Edu___Skolelinux_based_on_Debian_Wheezy.html</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 23:30:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><p>The <a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Debian Edu / Skolelinux
project</a> is making great progress and made its second Wheezy based
2013-05-14</strong></p>
<p>This is the release notes for for Debian Edu / Skolelinux 7.0.0 edu
-alpha1, based on <ahref="http://www.debian.org">Debian</a> with
+alpha1, based on <a href="http://www.debian.org">Debian</a> with
codename "Wheezy".</p>
<p><strong>About Debian Edu and Skolelinux</strong></p>
<item>
<title>Debian, the Linux distribution of choice for LEGO designers?</title>
- <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian__the_Linux_distribution_of_choice_for_LEGO_designers_.html</link>
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+ <link>https://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian__the_Linux_distribution_of_choice_for_LEGO_designers_.html</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 20:30:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><P>In January,
<a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/New_IRC_channel_for_LEGO_designers_using_Debian.html">I
<item>
<title>Narvik sparer minst 9 millioner på å bruke Skolelinux</title>
- <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Narvik_sparer_minst_9_millioner_p____bruke_Skolelinux.html</link>
- <guid isPermaLink="true">http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Narvik_sparer_minst_9_millioner_p____bruke_Skolelinux.html</guid>
+ <link>https://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Narvik_sparer_minst_9_millioner_p____bruke_Skolelinux.html</link>
+ <guid isPermaLink="true">https://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Narvik_sparer_minst_9_millioner_p____bruke_Skolelinux.html</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 18:30:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><p>I fjor sommer ble jeg
<a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Gladoppslag_om_Skolelinux_i_avisen_Fremover.html">gledelig
<item>
<title>Debian Wheezy is out - and Debian Edu / Skolelinux should soon follow! #newinwheezy</title>
- <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Wheezy_is_out___and_Debian_Edu___Skolelinux_should_soon_follow___newinwheezy.html</link>
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+ <link>https://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Wheezy_is_out___and_Debian_Edu___Skolelinux_should_soon_follow___newinwheezy.html</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 5 May 2013 07:40:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><p>When I woke up this morning, I was very happy to see that the
<a href="http://www.debian.org/News/2013/20130504">release announcement
<item>
<title>Vårt konkurransebidrag til #apps4norge bruker @opnedata</title>
- <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/V_rt_konkurransebidrag_til__apps4norge_bruker__opnedata.html</link>
- <guid isPermaLink="true">http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/V_rt_konkurransebidrag_til__apps4norge_bruker__opnedata.html</guid>
+ <link>https://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/V_rt_konkurransebidrag_til__apps4norge_bruker__opnedata.html</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 1 May 2013 23:45:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><p>For noen uker siden, innen fristen 2013-04-15, leverte jeg og
Morten Kjelkenes vårt bidrag til
projects / homepage.git / blobdiff