I…didn’t think windows 12 was actually a thing but here we are?

  • esty@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Apparently they’re going to move the system files to their own protected partition in 12, first good Microsoft change?

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      1 year ago

      But I loved having Windows deciding it owns my boot partition and formatting over my bootloader

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        1 year ago

        God this is the fucking worst. Why would they ever make this decision? aside from annoying dualbooters

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          Microsoft cares about dual-booters about as much as Meta/Facebook care about people running anything other than FB on their phone.

          They’re like a vampire: once you invite them in you are rendered powerless to them. Source: “The Lost Boys”

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        1 year ago

        Even after the fact? On every dual boot I’ve ever had, I always install windows first and then whatever else.

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          Yeah, installing Windows first is the only way to guarantee it won’t override your Linux bootloader

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            1 year ago

            I will say, I bought a new Lenovo a few months ago, and it was a pain in the ass to get grub to surface right off the bat. I still sometimes have to enter the boot menu to get my grub menu, so I know windows is doing something stupid, I just haven’t taken the time to figure it out.

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              I recommend using systemd-boot, it is much easier than grub, especially for dual-booting. systemd-boot updates the OS list automatically, grub requires so much effort.