[Discuss] "The Manchurian Computer"?

[Jerry Feldman]

Why not install Ubuntu 12.04 as the primary OS, with Windows 7
Professional in a Virtual Machine, The X230 is a 64-bit processor with
the Virtualization assist available on the CPU, and the setting can be
done through the BIOS.

On 07/26/2012 11:36 AM, Kent Borg wrote:
> So I am waiting for Linux to install on my new computer.  If I am
> successful, I will have a dual-boot machine, Windows 7 Professional
> and Ubuntu 12.04 (with full disk encryption).
> [Um, er, just realized I made a mistake in my partitioning: I did
> *full* disk encryption, including /boot, which means it won't boot. 
> Gotta do that again.]
>
> Anyway, this is a Lenovo X230 smallish-book, fresh off the truck.  How
> many backdoors did Lenovo put in it?  How many is my Ubuntu install
> susceptible to?
>


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