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Why does EU let Microsoft break Linux on dual-booting computers? Why let home robots sabotage enemy products in people's homes? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by Tehdastehdas to c/actually_infuriating

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Every time Windows updates itself, my Linux disappears. Actually, it's just hidden, only the boot menu was overwritten. You need a computer maintenance technician to make a new boot menu. I use a USB stick with a live Linux with automatic boot repair tools.

Recently, Windows has become resistant to Boot Repair Disk. Now I have to open computer firmware by tapping "Esc" right after power-up, then select "Boot options", then "Linux".

EU must ban all US-made smart products for its own safety. All closed-source software and electronics that can be used for strategic manipulation and sabotage -- Google, Apple, Amazon, all of it.

We have functional, clunky open-source software that could easily be fitted for any purpose with the money we waste propping up foreign monopolies sabotaging us. Europe has taken a huge risk. I suspect bribery.

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[–] HornedMeatBeast 6 points 2 days ago

I run Windows 10 on one NVME drive and Linux on a different one, but whenever I reinstall Windows it completely boffs my Linux installation.

If I reinstall Linux then my Windows installation is gone.

Took me a while but it seems that Windows is using my Linux NVME for its boot partition and so far the only way I've been able to avoid this is to unplug my Linux drive when reinstalling Windows.

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

I haven't been using Linux that long, but it hasn't happened to me in the six months I've been dual booting 🤔

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

It definitely happens, I've had windows fuck up Grub multiple times.

[–] Tehdastehdas 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I use Windows 1-2 times per year, so I don't know how often the boot-breaker comes. This has happened to me on four computers with Windows 10-11. Always with both Linux and Windows on the same drive, which is key, says another comment here.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Oh that might be it then

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Even when single booting efi is usually the thing making it sorta annoying. Take that out and the install is super smooth.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

You've gotten some good suggestions but let me add another one. Run Windows as a LE (Live Environment) from a USB drive. There's ways to do this for both Windows 10 and Windows 11, just search for "Windows Live Environment".

[–] just_another_person 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Get off the MBR disks and onto EFI. BIOS solves for this.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

BIOS is MBR though, (U)EFI replaced it.

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