Netbooks-Deliberately crippled by Microsoft's 32-bit UEFI firmware
Trying to install Linux on a Windows netbook with 32-bit UEFI firmware?
There are some netbooks/tablets/cheap laptops with an x64 capable processor, that are crippled by 32-bit UEFI firmware and originally ran 32-bit Windows only.
The reason for that is because Microsoft received less money for licensing Windows on netbooks than for laptops and desktop PCs, so most of these netbooks ran software like Windows 7 Starter with reduced functionality.
If customers with these 64-bit machines wanted full Windows functionality, then they would need to buy a fresh license from Microsoft.
Just in case you were wondering how much tax Microsoft paid on a profit of $315bn (£222bn) for the year ending June 2020, the answer is zero!
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...ofit-last-year
I had an ASUS T100T netbook with 32-bit UEFI boot and here is how I installed MX Linux 21.3 (64-bit):
https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...d-linux-38954/
There are some netbooks/tablets/cheap laptops with an x64 capable processor, that are crippled by 32-bit UEFI firmware and originally ran 32-bit Windows only.
The reason for that is because Microsoft received less money for licensing Windows on netbooks than for laptops and desktop PCs, so most of these netbooks ran software like Windows 7 Starter with reduced functionality.
If customers with these 64-bit machines wanted full Windows functionality, then they would need to buy a fresh license from Microsoft.
Just in case you were wondering how much tax Microsoft paid on a profit of $315bn (£222bn) for the year ending June 2020, the answer is zero!
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...ofit-last-year
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An Irish subsidiary of Microsoft made a profit of $315bn (£222bn) last year but paid no corporation tax as it is “resident” for tax purposes in Bermuda.
The profit generated by Microsoft Round Island One is equal to nearly three-quarters of Ireland’s gross domestic product – even though the company has no employees.
The subsidiary, which collects license fees for the use of copyrighted Microsoft software around the world, recorded an annual profit of $314.7bn in the year to the end of June 2020, according to accounts filed at the Irish Companies Registration Office.
An Irish subsidiary of Microsoft made a profit of $315bn (£222bn) last year but paid no corporation tax as it is “resident” for tax purposes in Bermuda.
The profit generated by Microsoft Round Island One is equal to nearly three-quarters of Ireland’s gross domestic product – even though the company has no employees.
The subsidiary, which collects license fees for the use of copyrighted Microsoft software around the world, recorded an annual profit of $314.7bn in the year to the end of June 2020, according to accounts filed at the Irish Companies Registration Office.
https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...d-linux-38954/
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