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1. Mindwi+D1[view] [source] 2025-10-12 07:40:20
>>bertma+(OP)
Completely correct.

The only way to ensure this doesn't happen is to criminalise device manufacturers being in charge of what software runs on their devices.

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2. john_t+B2[view] [source] 2025-10-12 07:49:29
>>Mindwi+D1
Sounds like a right to repair argument. It will lose. Try putting linux on a windows-10 laptop. That BIOS is nailed down hard. It can be done but its a right PITA
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3. microt+94[view] [source] 2025-10-12 08:05:46
>>john_t+B2
Can you elaborate? I bought a ThinkPad early this year. It probably had Windows 11 (didn't check, wiped it immediately) and it works fine?

I don't doubt that there are laptops where it is hard, but I would love to hear some examples and in what way the UEFI firmware is nailed down such that you cannot install Linux?

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