[Bradford] UEFI and other Microsoft nasties

Wed Mar 27 17:33:44 UTC 2013

Just spotted this on the subject:

http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/23817.html

John
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On Wed, 2013-03-27 at 12:17 +0000, Brian A wrote:
> I am wanting to buy a new laptop. So, obviously I want to ditch
> whatever Microsoft toy OS is on there and put on Linux. This, in
> keeping with getting a matt 17" screen, amongst other things, is a
> nightmare to research. I read a review on Amazon of a Samsung laptop,
> which seemed to be a reasonable spec for the price, but a 'no no' as
> far as installing any other OS.
> I'd be interested to know what others think of the points of this
> review in that regard. 
> 
> 
> Look for the heading 'APPALLING - AVOID!!!'.
> 
> 
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/B009SJCX68
> 
> 
> 
> This was written before the release of the UEFI facilitated Ubuntu
> 12.04.2, but I don't know if that would make any difference anyway.
> 
> 
> Brian
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