The controversy between Lenovo, Microsoft and Linux

[cobito]

A few hours ago, the rumor appeared that Lenovo was preventing the installation of systems other than Windows on some of its laptops simply because Windows 10 was installed.

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[Fassou]

I love it when these controversies are settled by the expert who tells the hysterics to shut up

It's not Lenovo that's the problem, it's the lack of the driver for the Intel RAID mode

[cobito]

Well, it seems that Lenovo has finally released a Linux-compatible BIOS for their Yoga 900. Although it seems that they have not been able to be as thin as one might expect and the file is called "(Linux Only) BIOS Update for Windows 10 (64-bit) - Yoga 900-13ISK2".

That is to say, that a BIOS that only works with Linux must be installed from Windows.

It can be downloaded from Lenovo's website.

[Fassou]

@cobito

That is to say, that a BIOS that only works with Linux must be installed from Windows.

It can be downloaded from Lenovo's website.

Salu2!

[kynes]

It's clear, if you can't install linux, and the bios is to correct this failure, you'll have to install it from windows XD

Okay, they could have provided a utility to create a bootable disk on a pendrive, but let's not be too picky