The good news for latecomers is that recent advances in technology have made the custom ski boot process better than ever before, which is why I just got a new pair from Surefoot, my third going back over a decade.

FORBES: Why You Need Custom Ski Boots - Now

The boodloader is also locked down with RSA boot ROM code implanted during the manufacturing process.

FORBES: Connect

Murphy sliced six yards wide from a good position, losing his boot on the muddy surface in the process, but his single goal was enough to give Well victory for a second week in a row.

BBC: Jamie Murphy celebrates with Mark Reynolds

He says efforts should have been made to sell assets on to other lottery projects or to museums, rather than offering them to the highest bidder in a process he likens to a car boot sale.

BBC: Millennium Dome

Interrupting the reboot process only long enough to change the initial boot device in BIOS from CD-ROM to disk, I impatiently watched Linux boot, waiting for the login prompt to appear.

CNN: The tale of the gratuitous GUI

While it can be used on its own, Canonical mostly sees it being used in a dual-boot environment with Windows (giving Canonical a bigger foothold in the process).

ENGADGET: Canonical shows off 'Unity' desktop, Ubuntu Light for OEMs