X-Git-Url: http://pere.pagekite.me/gitweb/homepage.git/blobdiff_plain/cbe10cbddb82ec3e8b8b1516296b70e786048645..8a2e71b1dc05bc1f558ba3d691834cb53e979957:/blog/archive/2013/05/05.rss diff --git a/blog/archive/2013/05/05.rss b/blog/archive/2013/05/05.rss index a1979a45d9..a92fb65682 100644 --- a/blog/archive/2013/05/05.rss +++ b/blog/archive/2013/05/05.rss @@ -3,13 +3,61 @@ Petter Reinholdtsen - Entries from May 2013 Entries from May 2013 - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/ + https://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/ + + How to install Linux on a Packard Bell Easynote LV preinstalled with Windows 8 + https://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/How_to_install_Linux_on_a_Packard_Bell_Easynote_LV_preinstalled_with_Windows_8.html + https://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 + https://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/How_can_I_install_Linux_on_a_Packard_Bell_Easynote_LV_preinstalled_with_Windows_8_.html + https://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 @@ -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> @@ -44,8 +92,8 @@ 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 + https://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Skolelinux_intervju__Nirosan_Thiyagalingam.html + https://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-prosjektet</a> har @@ -166,8 +214,8 @@ betraktelig.</p> How to transform a Debian based system to a Debian Edu installation - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/How_to_transform_a_Debian_based_system_to_a_Debian_Edu_installation.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/How_to_transform_a_Debian_based_system_to_a_Debian_Edu_installation.html + https://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/How_to_transform_a_Debian_based_system_to_a_Debian_Edu_installation.html + https://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/How_to_transform_a_Debian_based_system_to_a_Debian_Edu_installation.html Fri, 17 May 2013 11:50:00 +0200 <p><a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Debian Edu / Skolelinux</a> is an operating system based on Debian intended for use in schools. It @@ -238,8 +286,8 @@ boot.</p> Second alpha release of Debian Edu / Skolelinux based on Debian Wheezy - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Second_alpha_release_of_Debian_Edu___Skolelinux_based_on_Debian_Wheezy.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Second_alpha_release_of_Debian_Edu___Skolelinux_based_on_Debian_Wheezy.html + https://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Second_alpha_release_of_Debian_Edu___Skolelinux_based_on_Debian_Wheezy.html + https://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Second_alpha_release_of_Debian_Edu___Skolelinux_based_on_Debian_Wheezy.html Tue, 14 May 2013 23:30:00 +0200 <p>The <a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Debian Edu / Skolelinux project</a> is making great progress and made its second Wheezy based @@ -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> @@ -339,8 +387,8 @@ version compared to the Squeeze release.</p> Debian, the Linux distribution of choice for LEGO designers? - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian__the_Linux_distribution_of_choice_for_LEGO_designers_.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian__the_Linux_distribution_of_choice_for_LEGO_designers_.html + https://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian__the_Linux_distribution_of_choice_for_LEGO_designers_.html + https://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian__the_Linux_distribution_of_choice_for_LEGO_designers_.html Sat, 11 May 2013 20:30:00 +0200 <P>In January, <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/New_IRC_channel_for_LEGO_designers_using_Debian.html">I @@ -381,8 +429,8 @@ for LEGO designers.</p> Narvik sparer minst 9 millioner på å bruke Skolelinux - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Narvik_sparer_minst_9_millioner_p____bruke_Skolelinux.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Narvik_sparer_minst_9_millioner_p____bruke_Skolelinux.html + https://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Narvik_sparer_minst_9_millioner_p____bruke_Skolelinux.html + https://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Narvik_sparer_minst_9_millioner_p____bruke_Skolelinux.html Fri, 10 May 2013 18:30:00 +0200 <p>I fjor sommer ble jeg <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Gladoppslag_om_Skolelinux_i_avisen_Fremover.html">gledelig @@ -409,8 +457,8 @@ unødige utgifter på IT i skoleverket. :)</p> Debian Wheezy is out - and Debian Edu / Skolelinux should soon follow! #newinwheezy - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Wheezy_is_out___and_Debian_Edu___Skolelinux_should_soon_follow___newinwheezy.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Wheezy_is_out___and_Debian_Edu___Skolelinux_should_soon_follow___newinwheezy.html + https://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Wheezy_is_out___and_Debian_Edu___Skolelinux_should_soon_follow___newinwheezy.html + https://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Wheezy_is_out___and_Debian_Edu___Skolelinux_should_soon_follow___newinwheezy.html Sun, 5 May 2013 07:40:00 +0200 <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 @@ -440,8 +488,8 @@ follow.<p> Vårt konkurransebidrag til #apps4norge bruker @opnedata - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/V_rt_konkurransebidrag_til__apps4norge_bruker__opnedata.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/V_rt_konkurransebidrag_til__apps4norge_bruker__opnedata.html + https://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/V_rt_konkurransebidrag_til__apps4norge_bruker__opnedata.html + https://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/V_rt_konkurransebidrag_til__apps4norge_bruker__opnedata.html Wed, 1 May 2013 23:45:00 +0200 <p>For noen uker siden, innen fristen 2013-04-15, leverte jeg og Morten Kjelkenes vårt bidrag til