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 Title: How to install Linux on a Packard Bell Easynote LV preinstalled with Windows 8
 Tags: english, debian
-Date: 2013-05-27 15:10
+Date: 2013-05-27 15:20
 
 <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 with Windows 8.</p>
+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,
@@ -14,15 +15,15 @@ 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 he machine in question without
+<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 do it) 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 for anyone
-actually reading the content, accepting the license was never an
-alternative.</p>
+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
@@ -30,7 +31,8 @@ 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?</p>
+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
@@ -39,4 +41,4 @@ 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,
-Michalel Tokarev and others for feedback and ideas.</p>
+Michael Tokarev and others for feedback and ideas.</p>