well, two things: I like relatively good hardware, and often the choice, and quality of hardware from purveyors of Linux systems is... well... variable. If it is high quality, it is often much more expensive than similar systems that pay the windows tax, likely for volume reasons. For example, I would like an ultrabook with a 1080p or FullHD display. I can get an Asus from Newegg with an SSD for about 1K$.
Second issue is, There is always something, somewhere, where you might have to run windows... One current pain in the a$$ is NetFlix. or say you want to sign a bootloader :-)... or two days ago, the school assigned a project for my kid that uses Shockwave... For those times, I am stuck. I need windows for these miserable edge cases until Linux acquires the mysterious critical mass. At that point, believe me, I will be quite glad to drop windows entirely. So I really need a dual-boot PC for just a few edge cases that cause me to boot windows twice a year, or so... On the other hand, if windows 8 is such a pain, maybe I should just use a Mac as a starting point... A little bit of a premium for the hardware, but at least the support will be good, and dual booting perhaps less of a pain? On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 8:01 AM, Fabian Rodriguez <[email protected]>wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 12-12-01 09:51 AM, Peter Silva wrote: > > After hearing all the stories about boot signing... I am looking for a > > new PC, but wary of getting something with Win8 that I will not be > > able to make dual boot. > > ** So don't. ** > > Consider buying a used system, or getting your new PC from a recognized > manufacturer that ships/supports the hardware in Canada while > pre-installing and supporting free open source systems. These days I > look at ThinkPenguin as a good source for such systems: > http://libre.thinkpenguin.com > > They preinstall Trisquel, Ubuntu and LinuxMint that I know of and they > will match prices from other sources for the same configurations. Most > importantly, their hardware will work with * any * distribution without > hardware problems - they are tested on Trisquel. > > Even when Ubuntu may work around such boot restrictions, you'll also be > supporting a distribution that is including more and more non-free > software while taking away control from your desktop with Ubuntu One and > the Ubuntu Software center commercialization. > > It's all really common sense, but lots of misinformation floats around. > Here is a link with a lot of technical/more facts: > > http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/secure-boot-vs-restricted-boot/statement/campaigns/secure-boot-vs-restricted-boot > > > > > Anybody know does every vendor have a bios switch to turn secure > booting off? It isn't like the manufacturers are going to advertise that... > > No, and if you have read some of the recent tech articles, Windows 7 > systems that were "non-freedom agressive" are all but gone from > online/b&m stores. > > Good luck and come back with anything new you learn/find. > > Cheers, > > Fabian Rodriguez > http://fsf.magicfab.ca > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: PGP/Mime available upon request > Comment: Using GnuPG with undefined - http://www.enigmail.net/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAlC7UREACgkQfUcTXFrypNXpTQCeMXmjAn+ZUhhy/zEddC8I2URQ > nMoAn1an49LnQdah35GU5YoZ8x8LCsTH > =R01N > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > mlug mailing list > [email protected] > https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca >
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