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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
@@ -36,7 +84,7 @@ 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 marked
+<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>
@@ -249,7 +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>