Note: This is a cross-post from the Linux forum. Someone suggested that I add it here.
I got a reply from Lenovo on my Best Buy review about why the BIOS on my Yoga 900 ISK2 UltraBook has been set to stop people from using Linux.
Lenovo Product Expert September 20, 2016
This system has a Signature Edition of Windows 10 Home installed. It is locked per our agreement with Microsoft.
This is related to the discussion going on Lenovo's forum's about why the SSD is locked in a proprietary RAID mode that Linux doesn't understand. Laptops known to be affected include the Yoga 900 ISK2, Yoga 900S, and Yoga 710S, which all have the same issue according to posts I've read on Lenovo's Linux forum.
http://ift.tt/2cC8eJR - The forum thread for the Yoga 900 ISK2 -UPDATE - The forum thread on Lenovo's website is back up. It was deleted for a while, but now they've re-posted it in a locked state. sigh
Here is Google's cache of the forum in case it disappears again: http://ift.tt/2cGwIU9
I'm told that CataclysmZA is backing this up in the Wayback Machine. I want to thank them for this, since this is probably Lenovo's attempt at a late night shredding party before the news can pick up the story. (Update: Posted at the bottom.)
Update: The Lenovo employee posted about locking the thread. Basically, he called me disruptive and then said that if they had to, they would turn on pre-approval so that nobody can comment anywhere on their support forum until they've read it and have made sure it won't embarrass them. Nice, huh? Don't address the issue. Don't say anything about whether the problem will be fixed. Don't re-open the thread. Just threaten and bully people with the "We can make sure your posts are never seen." option.
http://ift.tt/2cTISa3 - The thread for the problems with the 900S.
http://ift.tt/2cth0My - The thread for the problem with the 710S.
Will the Yoga Book and the Yoga 910 have these problems? We don't know because they are not released yet, but we should know soon.
I've attached a screenshot of my review for the 900 ISK2 and Lenovo's reply.
So they admitted that this is now a requirement for Signature PCs.
So be warned that if you buy a "Microsoft Signature PC", it may not be allowed to run Linux, per Microsoft.
The Yoga 900 ISK2 at Best Buy is not labeled as a Signature Edition PC, but apparently it is one, and Lenovo's agreement with Microsoft includes making sure Linux can't be installed.
UPDATE: I've sent emails out to several members of the media trying to shine some light on what Lenovo is up to. If anyone could help me ping some reporters I'd sure appreciate the help. So far I've contacted Adrian Kinglsey-Hughes, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, Michael Larabel of Phoronix, and Dr. Roy Schestowitz of Techrights. We've been discussing the issue on the Techrights IRC channel on Freenode, so Techrights might have something about this posted soon
Edit: If anyone has anymore problems with Lenovo deleting the thread, here's the Wayback Machine version.
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