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Re:Lenovo shipping new laptops that only boot Windows by def... by maverick74 on Friday July 08, 2022 @05:11AM (#32024676)
The thing is just that most users don't have a clue about what bios is.

They're just locking people and making it difficult for them to grow and explore other OS such as Linux.

That's a bad attitude!

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Re:Lenovo shipping new laptops that only boot Windows by def... by closeparen on Friday July 08, 2022 @05:27PM (#32027391)
If you want to explore Linux and don't know what BIOS is, it's probably better to be in a VM than trying to achieve dual-boot or totally wiping your Windows install.
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Re:Lenovo shipping new laptops that only boot Windows by def... by chrisseaton on Friday July 08, 2022 @05:33AM (#32024814)
If you don’t know what a BIOS is how far are you going to get using Linux?
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Re:Lenovo shipping new laptops that only boot Windows by def... by mjg59 on Friday July 08, 2022 @06:00AM (#32025026)
Why should you care about your system firmware when you're running a modern Linux distro? I gave Ubuntu to people who had no idea what a BIOS was almost 18 years ago, and I promise things are better now.
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Re:Lenovo shipping new laptops that only boot Windows by def... by flakeoil on Friday July 08, 2022 @06:10AM (#32025098)
If your can use Windows or Mac OS then you can use Linux. What does BIOS have to do with it? My non-technical wife has installed and is using Ubuntu. With this mentioned BIOS/UEFI block it would be much more tricky for her to get started. That's the issue here.
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Re:Lenovo shipping new laptops that only boot Windows by def... by FeepingCreature on Friday July 08, 2022 @06:50AM (#32025410)
Plenty far.
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