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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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[–] just_another_person 7 points 2 months ago (11 children)

Well, you can just fix the bootloader, but that's not super exciting I guess.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

I guess I switch to single boot Fedora Silverblue just in time

[–] h0bbl3s 5 points 2 months ago

I dual booted a few times back in the days of winxp and win7. Never had a good experience somehow windows or a grub update always messed up things. Haven't ran windows in years but when I have to it goes on a separate drive now.

[–] IncogCyberspaceUser 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (8 children)

Does having Linux and Windows on seperate drives mitigate this issue somewhat?
Wanting to start dual booting and moving to windows. Wondering if that helps at all.
Edit: I meant moving to Linux... >.>

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (4 children)

If you can, put Windows in a VM instead.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Not on my experience. But separate machines would work, if Microsoft never releases a "Wi-Fi network security patch for compatibility with all machines".

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[–] db2 4 points 2 months ago

Bullshit like this is why I run it in a VM and only when I feel like running it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago
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