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Discussion Thread ☕ Sunday 1 February 2026 (aussie.zone)

submitted 1 day ago by YarraByte@aussie.zone to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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[–] SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 9 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

Installing kubuntu on an old surface laptop as win10 is dying. Asking for a BIOS password. Messaged the seller from four years ago and his random guess was it. Fantastic.

[–] tombruzzo@aussie.zone 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I heard Fedora has some arrangement with Microsoft as well. I think you can install it on BIOS locked computers as well. Handy to know if you're ever in this situation again

[–] SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 1 points 16 hours ago

Thx, unlikely though, I picked up a couple of old surfaces cheap and mostly use them for Firefox and vlc.