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the war on computation (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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[-] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 32 points 1 week ago

If PCs came out today there is no way you would just be allowed to install Linux on it.

don't give them ideas

[-] susurrus0@lemmy.zip 18 points 1 week ago

New ARM laptops coming out right now have their bootloaders locked. So yeah...

[-] rakeshmondal@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 week ago

Not Macbooks though surprisingly.

[-] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

You mean ~~UN~~surprisingly?

Edit: I cannot read.

[-] Semester3383@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

No, it's surprising that Macs are not locked. Because the Mac OS ecosystem is usually locked tighter than a vir-, er, very tightly.

[-] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Ah fuck I read that as the bootloader being unlocked. My bad. Misread the comment you responded to

[-] Shanmugha@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I am afraid you are right

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