From cc634b2307c0a823f8753e80b2d128d37a611bda Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Petter Reinholdtsen Date: Mon, 27 May 2013 13:12:11 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Improve language. --- blog/data/2013-05-27-linux-easynote-lv.txt | 22 ++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/blog/data/2013-05-27-linux-easynote-lv.txt b/blog/data/2013-05-27-linux-easynote-lv.txt index f5e02869a0..d3f19ef94b 100644 --- a/blog/data/2013-05-27-linux-easynote-lv.txt +++ b/blog/data/2013-05-27-linux-easynote-lv.txt @@ -1,12 +1,13 @@ 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

Two days ago, I asked how I could install Linux on a Packard Bell EasyNote LV computer preinstalled with Windows 8. I found a solution, but am horrified -with the obstacles put in the way of Linux users with Windows 8.

+with the obstacles put in the way of Linux users on a laptop with UEFI +and Windows 8.

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.

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There is no way to install Linux on he machine in question without +

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.

+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.

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?

+accepting the Microsoft Windows license terms? Or at least not +without risking to loose the warranty?

I've updated the Linux Laptop @@ -39,4 +41,4 @@ do not have to struggle as much as I did to get Linux into the machine.

Thanks to Bob Rosbag, Florian Weimer, Philipp Kern, Ben Hutching, -Michalel Tokarev and others for feedback and ideas.

+Michael Tokarev and others for feedback and ideas.

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