X-Git-Url: http://pere.pagekite.me/gitweb/homepage.git/blobdiff_plain/b241b24ffac5254797f5c307f538a5f2db8745d6..1d73be85df41503bc71afc89a0ddd217bbd9d2bc:/blog/archive/2013/05/05.rss diff --git a/blog/archive/2013/05/05.rss b/blog/archive/2013/05/05.rss index 91c65c0e6d..b744bb1379 100644 --- a/blog/archive/2013/05/05.rss +++ b/blog/archive/2013/05/05.rss @@ -6,13 +6,97 @@ http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/ + + How to install Linux on a Packard Bell Easynote LV preinstalled with Windows 8 + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/How_to_install_Linux_on_a_Packard_Bell_Easynote_LV_preinstalled_with_Windows_8.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/How_to_install_Linux_on_a_Packard_Bell_Easynote_LV_preinstalled_with_Windows_8.html + Mon, 27 May 2013 15:20:00 +0200 + <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> + + + + + How can I install Linux on a Packard Bell Easynote LV preinstalled with Windows 8? + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/How_can_I_install_Linux_on_a_Packard_Bell_Easynote_LV_preinstalled_with_Windows_8_.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/How_can_I_install_Linux_on_a_Packard_Bell_Easynote_LV_preinstalled_with_Windows_8_.html + Sat, 25 May 2013 18:20:00 +0200 + <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> + + + Skolelinux-intervju: Nirosan Thiyagalingam http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Skolelinux_intervju__Nirosan_Thiyagalingam.html http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Skolelinux_intervju__Nirosan_Thiyagalingam.html Fri, 24 May 2013 21:40:00 +0200 <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 @@ -121,7 +205,7 @@ i hvor bra Skolelinux er så ville de ikke nølt med å gå over fra noe 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> @@ -213,7 +297,7 @@ release today. This is the release announcement:</p> 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>