| Apparently, people are not able to install linux distros on their lenovo laptops that come with windows 10. someone looked at the bios code, and there seems to be a check, which returns EFI_UNSUPPORTED - presumably to stop other OS from loading - effectively locking people into using windows 10. (1) Lenovo denies that it's deliberately locking people into using windows 10. They also denied installing spyware on their laptops, until they were caught red-handed (2) (1) https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Linux-Discussion/Installing-Ubuntu-16-04-on-Yoga-900S/td-p/3336715/page/2 (2) http://thehackernews.com/2015/08/lenovo-rootkit-malware.html tld;r Lenovo now forces windows 10 onto you through bios. you cannot run linux on a Lenovo laptop |
| You can buy lossless digital music from your favorite Japanese artists on https://ototoy.jp/. The songs are all DRM-free and you can re-download your purchased albums as you wish. Show your support to your favorite artist if you can! ps. if you are looking for Japanese albums, you have to search it in Japanese (not romaji). Just copy and paste the name. For those who want to learn Japanese through anime Resources for learning the language |
| Lenovo sucks anyway. |
| Not sure but alot of technicians uses Lenovo and they would require to dual boot or use other OS so I don't know it could be just an BIOS update to solve it |
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shintai88 said: Why would you buy a Laptop with Windows pre installed just to format and install a different OS? Its not guaranteed that the OS your going to install would work anyways. Because using Win10 is not an option many people want and I should be free to use any OS I want and it not working properly should be MY problem, not the company's who made the hardware and decided to handhold me into not being able to even install it. |
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| Well in that case fuck you Lenovo :P |
shintai88 said: Fai said: Because using Win10 is not an option many people want and I should be free to use any OS I want and it not working properly should be MY problem, not the company's who made the hardware and decided to handhold me into not being able to even install it. True Win10 is a piece of crap. But in that case why not just buy a different laptop or PC that comes with a different OS. I mean consumers can argue, they want the freedom to install another OS. But the product was designed and pieced with Win10 in mind. Its just a case of buyers beware. "buy a different laptop" only works as an example when there are companies still not doing that. Not caring or not stoping this increases chances others will do that. |
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TiaDee said: Why buy computers with preinstalled OS? That sounds obnoxious and a waste of money. Just install it yourself and customise it however you want, much easier imo. it's not like you have much of a choice if you're getting a laptop. |
| You can buy lossless digital music from your favorite Japanese artists on https://ototoy.jp/. The songs are all DRM-free and you can re-download your purchased albums as you wish. Show your support to your favorite artist if you can! ps. if you are looking for Japanese albums, you have to search it in Japanese (not romaji). Just copy and paste the name. For those who want to learn Japanese through anime Resources for learning the language |
TiaDee said: Why buy computers with preinstalled OS? That sounds obnoxious and a waste of money. Just install it yourself and customise it however you want, much easier imo. Some people are too stubborn to buy computers online where I live, and buying computers online is the only way to get a computer without an OS. All my computers came with Windows, and I didn't have a choice, because stores in my local area are not allowed to sell computers without an OS. I of course, wiped Windows off all of them. All my computers run Linux, even my Mom's computer. |
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| Necrobump, kinda but >Buying consumer craps With this recent development, there is even less reason to buy consumer models (in the case of Lenovo, everything but W/X/T series Thinkpads). You get better build quality, its easily up gradable with a lot of genuine new aftermarket parts (mostly batteries, sometimes screens) because business dumps them out during their upgrade cycle. As for laptops with no preinstalled OS, its quite a rarity in most countries, aside from Clevo custom built (sold under brands like Sager, Metabox, Ibuypower, etc...). Its usually the one with high piracy rates (asia, eastern europe, etc...) where OS aren't pre installed to reduce licensing cost as the store will probably install you a cracked copy anyway |
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