diff --git a/site/faq.md b/site/faq.md index fb2bbbe..0f6b218 100644 --- a/site/faq.md +++ b/site/faq.md @@ -959,6 +959,46 @@ OpenBSD. Other systems are untested, but should work just fine. See: [docs/bsd/](docs/bsd/) +Windows?? +--------- + +Yes, you can use Windows 10 and 11. They are not officially supported and the +Libreboot project recommends that you *avoid* this choice, because Windows is +proprietary software. What this means is that you do *not* have the freedom +to use, study, adapt and share the software in any reasonable way. You are +entirely at the mercy of Microsoft, whose motive is profit, as opposed to the +general advancement of computer science and the welfare of everyone. + +See: [What is Free Software?](https://writefreesoftware.org/learn) + +In addition to being proprietary software, Windows is known to be full of bugs, +including *backdoors*. When you *use* Windows, it will send information about +you to third parties, used for a variety of purposes such as advertising, but +it's quite possible that three-letter agencies may also receive your data if +you use Windows. + +For the sake of your freedom, you should never, ever use Windows. Use Linux or +BSD systems, which are well-supported. Anyway: + +[Video of Windows 10 booting up](https://yewtu.be/watch?v=BWq6XnWKQnM) + +[Video of Windows 11 booting up](https://yewtu.be/watch?v=OFHiMfVNNeA) + +Of note: Windows 11 officially requires at least TPM 1.2 to be supported, and +it requires use of UEFI SecureBoot. To bypass this requirement, MajorGeeks has +a guide, see: + +The person who tested this, being unable to peform a in place upgrade, i had to wipe the drive but no big deal. + +The person who tested this also stated that they were unable to perform an +in-place upgrade from 10 to 11, so they had to wipe the drive and perform a +clean (note: not clean, because Windows is full of NSA spyware) installation. + +In both cases, as shown above, the Windows operating system was booting from +SeaBIOS, with the coreboot framebuffer initialised at startup, on an Intel GPU +initialised via coreboot's *libgfxinit*, on November 2023 versions of Libreboot. +We do not yet support booting with UEFI on x86 machines. + Are other operating systems compatible? ------------------------------------------------------------------- diff --git a/site/faq.uk.md b/site/faq.uk.md index acc500a..bf05d4c 100644 --- a/site/faq.uk.md +++ b/site/faq.uk.md @@ -981,6 +981,46 @@ OpenBSD. Інші системи не перевірені, але мають п Дивіться: [docs/bsd/](docs/bsd/index.uk.md) +Windows?? +--------- + +Yes, you can use Windows 10 and 11. They are not officially supported and the +Libreboot project recommends that you *avoid* this choice, because Windows is +proprietary software. What this means is that you do *not* have the freedom +to use, study, adapt and share the software in any reasonable way. You are +entirely at the mercy of Microsoft, whose motive is profit, as opposed to the +general advancement of computer science and the welfare of everyone. + +See: [What is Free Software?](https://writefreesoftware.org/learn) + +In addition to being proprietary software, Windows is known to be full of bugs, +including *backdoors*. When you *use* Windows, it will send information about +you to third parties, used for a variety of purposes such as advertising, but +it's quite possible that three-letter agencies may also receive your data if +you use Windows. + +For the sake of your freedom, you should never, ever use Windows. Use Linux or +BSD systems, which are well-supported. Anyway: + +[Video of Windows 10 booting up](https://yewtu.be/watch?v=BWq6XnWKQnM) + +[Video of Windows 11 booting up](https://yewtu.be/watch?v=OFHiMfVNNeA) + +Of note: Windows 11 officially requires at least TPM 1.2 to be supported, and +it requires use of UEFI SecureBoot. To bypass this requirement, MajorGeeks has +a guide, see: + +The person who tested this, being unable to peform a in place upgrade, i had to wipe the drive but no big deal. + +The person who tested this also stated that they were unable to perform an +in-place upgrade from 10 to 11, so they had to wipe the drive and perform a +clean (note: not clean, because Windows is full of NSA spyware) installation. + +In both cases, as shown above, the Windows operating system was booting from +SeaBIOS, with the coreboot framebuffer initialised at startup, on an Intel GPU +initialised via coreboot's *libgfxinit*, on November 2023 versions of Libreboot. +We do not yet support booting with UEFI on x86 machines. + Чи підтримуються інші операційні системи? -------------------------------------------------------------------