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minus-squarekadu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down2·12 hours agoOf course they are. Coincidentally, newer devices being bought in 2025 are increasingly shipping with fully locked UEFI that prevents you from installing anything but Windows.
minus-squaremuusemuuse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 hours agoI thought that was illegal.
minus-squareazur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·12 hours agoDo you happen to know any specific hardware that does so? I haven’t heard of that and I’m genuinely curious.
minus-squaremuusemuuse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 hours agoYou can run Linux on those, except for the surface pro X which never got support
Of course they are. Coincidentally, newer devices being bought in 2025 are increasingly shipping with fully locked UEFI that prevents you from installing anything but Windows.
I thought that was illegal.
Do you happen to know any specific hardware that does so? I haven’t heard of that and I’m genuinely curious.
Maybe Windows ARM devices?
You can run Linux on those, except for the surface pro X which never got support