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                 <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/</link>
 
        
+       <item>
+               <title>How to install Linux on a Packard Bell Easynote LV preinstalled with Windows 8</title>
+               <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/How_to_install_Linux_on_a_Packard_Bell_Easynote_LV_preinstalled_with_Windows_8.html</link>        
+               <guid isPermaLink="true">http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/How_to_install_Linux_on_a_Packard_Bell_Easynote_LV_preinstalled_with_Windows_8.html</guid>
+                <pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2013 15:20:00 +0200</pubDate>
+               <description>&lt;p&gt;Two days ago, I asked
+&lt;a href=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/How_can_I_install_Linux_on_a_Packard_Bell_Easynote_LV_preinstalled_with_Windows_8_.html&quot;&gt;how
+I could install Linux on a Packard Bell EasyNote LV computer
+preinstalled with Windows 8&lt;/a&gt;.  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.&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;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.&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;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.&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;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 &quot;normal&quot; users to install Linux without
+accepting the Microsoft Windows license terms?  Or at least not
+without risking to loose the warranty?&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;I&#39;ve updated the
+&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.linlap.com/packard_bell_easynote_lv&quot;&gt;Linux Laptop
+wiki page for Packard Bell EasyNote LV&lt;/a&gt;, to ensure the next person
+do not have to struggle as much as I did to get Linux into the
+machine.&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;Thanks to Bob Rosbag, Florian Weimer, Philipp Kern, Ben Hutching,
+Michael Tokarev and others for feedback and ideas.&lt;/p&gt;
+</description>
+       </item>
+       
        <item>
                <title>How can I install Linux on a Packard Bell Easynote LV preinstalled with Windows 8?</title>
                <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/How_can_I_install_Linux_on_a_Packard_Bell_Easynote_LV_preinstalled_with_Windows_8_.html</link>        
@@ -36,7 +84,7 @@ installed on this machine, please get in touch or update that wiki
 page.  If I can&#39;t find a way to install Linux, I will have to return
 the laptop to the seller and find another machine for my parents.&lt;/p&gt;
 
-&lt;p&gt;I wonder, is this the way Linux will be forced out of the marked
+&lt;p&gt;I wonder, is this the way Linux will be forced out of the market
 using UEFI and &quot;secure boot&quot; by making it impossible to install Linux
 on new Laptops?&lt;/p&gt;
 </description>
@@ -249,7 +297,7 @@ release today.  This is the release announcement:&lt;/p&gt;
 2013-05-14&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 
 &lt;p&gt;This is the release notes for for Debian Edu / Skolelinux 7.0.0 edu
-alpha1, based on &lt;ahref=&quot;http://www.debian.org&quot;&gt;Debian&lt;/a&gt; with
+alpha1, based on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.debian.org&quot;&gt;Debian&lt;/a&gt; with
 codename &quot;Wheezy&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;
 
 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About Debian Edu and Skolelinux&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;