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I got out of customizing everything once I started flashing different ROMs on my first smartphone, which was the Verizon Thunderbolt
After having three or four different operating systems on in one week, it became so obvious how much time I was wasting on that stuff lol
fluxbox, ftw.
looks good
Hey linuxmemes, I've got a question, can I straight up install linux on a windows computer and have access to all my files as they've been laid out by windows, or am I going to have to use an external backup to move my files 'out of windows' and 'into linux'?
Like I'm getting sicker and sicker of windows pulling their whole attitude of " Weve got an update for you, give us all your data. Give it. What do you mean "right to privacy"? That's only for companies and billionaires."
Many linux installers give you the option of using the free space in your Windows drive for a linux partition (Linux mint is one example). Then you would have what is called a dual boot setup. It means every time you start your computer, you can choose Linux or Windows.
Then you disable bitlocker in your windows partition, and you can access all the files there from linux.
You can access bitlocker drives from Linux too, it's a bit of a pain but all you need is the recovery key.
The answers might have confused you due to the unfortunate phrasing of the question. Let me clarify:
-Linux installation requires a separate partition. This can be your D:/ drive from Windows, a completely new physical drive, or a partition you free up on any drive using the Windows Disk Management. -This partition will be wiped upon installation. Back everything up from there. -All other partitions, including drive C:/, will be fully accessible from Linux. -Your Linux partition will not be visible from Windows. There are ways to interact with it from there, but they are neither convenient nor fully functional, and you probably shouldn't rely on it.
Overall, it's always a good strategy to back up everything important before installing a new system or reinstalling old one, but you probably know this already and this is not a strict technical requirement - just a peace of mind tip.
If all of your partitions are in a single NTFS drive it probably wise to make a backup, if it in a separate drive you can access it in Linux (read only, if you want to write into it you need to install "ntfs-3g" package)
You'll need to migrate your files somehow. Installing linux over windows generally entails reformatting, which will erase everything.
Contrary to other comments, it's actually pretty common and easy to install Linux alongside Windows, if you have a harddrive big enough for both. If you want to have both installed, it is recommend to start with Windows because Linux boot loader can recognise Windows partition and integrate it with no problem. And Linux natively supports ntfs so you can seamlessly access all your files absolutely no problem. But if it's your first time installing Linux it's easy to mess up and kill the windows partition if you aren't good with terminology yet, so backing up all your files is not just recommended but straight up required.
My gnome is basically stock. I have the blue extension and the USB removal extension.
I didn't do dock to dash this time.
Dock to Dash singlehandedly saves Gnome for me.
Turns it from something I couldn't even tolerate using, into probably my favourite desktop.
*intensely ricing
A plasma a icon pack works wonders for my eyes. A title bar change if I am feeling like going wild. Dark mode theme pefered.Only 'ricing' I always do is a few keybinds to not go insane, and then remove hot corners before I try to move a program between 2 screens. Standard has been pretty good since that single click files feature was changed.