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Dualboot is evil, use only linux (programming.dev)
submitted 1 day ago by calango@programming.dev to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
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[–] BeUnique@lemmy.zip 1 points 14 minutes ago

I wish Linux wasn't so god damn complicated so everyone would use it.

[–] Impractical_Island@lemmy.world 1 points 58 minutes ago (1 children)

Will someone honestly tell me, as a pornography bootlegger, what is the difference between windows and linux?

[–] cockmushroom@reddthat.com 1 points 32 minutes ago

Just use windows. We don't want you here.

[–] defrostedLasagna4921@piefed.zip 2 points 1 hour ago

Now that Windows isn't being updated anymore (unless you enroll for extended security updates), can this still happen?

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 2 points 2 hours ago

Microsoft’s boot killing shenanigans convinced me to just scrub the taint of 11 off this time.

[–] Godric@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Been dualbooting for years, no problem thus far.

[–] calebwill@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 hours ago

Put Windows in a virtual machine where it belongs!

[–] BitsAndBites@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago

666 upvotes

[–] ChristerMLB@piefed.social 6 points 10 hours ago

This might be the most dweeby thing I've seen. I love it :)

[–] PragmaticOne@lemmy.world 12 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

Only evil if you use one disk. :)

[–] ozymandias117@lemmy.world 10 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I'd had a dedicated windows drive for a little while... Maybe a bug and not malice, but the forced Windows 8 -> 10 upgrade deleted everything on my second drive that windows wasn't installed on

[–] fruitcantfly@programming.dev 8 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

The Windows installer partition manager also does not ask for confirmation before formatting a drive. That was a costly misclick

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago

tbh if you notice it early, it probably only deleted th partition table entry at that point

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 6 points 11 hours ago

I had two disks and windows still fucked my secure boot keys somehow in a way that I wasn't able to fix so I had to reinstall the linux side. I turned secure boot off afterwards so should be fine now but it was a thing that happened.

[–] calango@programming.dev 3 points 12 hours ago

I needed to know this about 5 years ago, when I lost a partition on my SSD because of a poorly done dual boot.

[–] hexagonwin@lemmy.today 11 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

i've quadbooted a lot before (linux/freebsd/osx/windows), it works pretty well these days with uefi. was pretty hard to handle with legacy bios though

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 13 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

Why no Plan9? Are you even an OS enthusiast?

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 9 points 12 hours ago

What no TempleOS? YOU'LL BURN IN FLAMES!!!!

[–] ghodawalaaman@programming.dev 2 points 8 hours ago

I wish it has more hardware support, it doesn't even run on my hardware

[–] hexagonwin@lemmy.today 4 points 14 hours ago

lol. i only tried 9front like once but it was too difficult!

[–] arran4@aussie.zone 37 points 22 hours ago

Different disks if you must at all.

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