After months of procrastinating on it, I finally clean installed Windows 11 and Debian 12 (Linux) on my personal laptop. I intend to use Debian by default as my daily OS and dual boot to Windows if needed. If you want a clean install of W11, check out Windows Utility (Chris Titus Tech) and its MicroWin functionality. Oh and Ventoy is awesome: a single flash drive with all the .iso installers you need, readily bootable.

https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/23649792

Ventoy has some propietary blobs in it's source code, this repo tries to fix it.

Here's an odd question. Is it possible to daisy chain hard drives? Like, can I use one SATA port with a ribbon that has connectors for two hard drives. I think this was possible on my old IDE computer, but no idea with modern hardware.

I want to dual boot, and all the suggestions are a drive for each OS, but my laptop has very little physical space and all of the SATA ports are filled. That said, I might be able to shove a small M.2 SATA drive in there. I asked on the hardware company's forum and they were less than helpful.

I FINALLY INSTALLED LINUX LAST NIGHT!!! I chose #LinuxMint!

I am dual booting with Windows 10 and so far I haven't had any issues. It even detected my printers without me even asking it to! I am so happy I finally bit the Linux bullet! Any advice is appreciated!

I plan to dual boot my Windows 11 laptop with some flavor of Linux to avoid integration and support of AI. I have used Ubuntu in the past. My preference is one that doesn't require high level of geekdom to use.

Could anyone offer suggestions and insights on which flavor to use?

TIA

I bought a Samsung N210 a few days ago. I paid €17.98 with shipping. A good deal, I think. Perfectly functional. It just lacks the F11 key (which works anyway) & its power supply/charger.

Ideally, I would like to install a dual boot Windows XP/Linux to dedicate it to #retrogaming.

I will get it this week. :0)

Do any of you have experience with this little machine?

Die #Nervesäge fragt schon wieder zu #Linux. Seht es mir nach. Ich habe mich über 10 Jahre nicht damit beschäftigt. Aber nun ist meine Not so groß, dass ich endgültig weg will von #Windows.
Ich werde mit einem #Dualboot System starten.

Wenn die Distribution, die ich installiert habe dann doch nix für mich ist und ich sie austauschen will, reicht es dann unter Windows das Kommando fixmbr aufzurufen um den Linux Bootloader und damit die alte Distro zu löschen bevor eine neue Distro drauf kommt?

I truly love #VoidLinux, I've been using it for maybe 2 years at this point.

It has its quirks, but nothing unmanageable, and it has never broken at all despite the fact that I #DualBoot with Windows 11

Erkennung fehlgeschlagen: Microsoft reagiert auf Dual-Boot-Probleme mit Linux - Golem.de
https://glm.io/188275?n #Microsoft #Windows #Linux #DualBoot

Microsoft should just leave patching to the professionals.

“Something has gone seriously wrong,” dual-boot systems warn after Microsoft update

https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/08/a-patch-microsoft-spent-2-years-preparing-is-making-a-mess-for-some-linux-users/

Tuesday’s update left #DualBoot devices—meaning those configured to run both #Windows and #Linux—no longer able to boot into the latter when #SecureBoot was enforced.

When users tried to load Linux, they received the message: “Verifying shim SBAT data failed: Security Policy Violation. Something has gone seriously wrong".

“Something has gone seriously wrong,” dual-boot systems warn after #Microsoft update
https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/08/a-patch-microsoft-spent-2-years-preparing-is-making-a-mess-for-some-linux-users/

Hopefully final hurdle to installing Linux on my second hard drive: the EFI partition on the Windows drive is too small to accommodate the new files for booting another OS. Time to figure out how to expand it!

It's 2024; quit dual-booting and just buy a second computer you poor fuck

Funny you didn't say that with the #Steam app you couldn't find in the #Microsoft Store, you helpfully offered to download it directly from Valve's site.

But I get it. You didn't want to reinstall the apps you restored from a backup needed because of your auto update unless you can beg me to just use #bing & #edge one more time...

Yeah, no, got a backup of the last #Chrome Installer. I'd rather #SneakerNet than #BingEdge

It is no wonder the #EU & the DOJ are always so up your ass.

Bust my laptop screen because I’m a fucking bellrnd…

Thinking positive…

The laptop still works when plugged into a monitor. I could use that as a dedicated studio computer.

I create a Linux partition on the ‘new’ second hand machine and run Asahi.

That gets me back to my original sort of plan of switching from Mac to 100% Linux but with Mac fall back.

I really am my own worst enemy.

Has anyone tried a dual boot with Asahi?

Nun schon mal auf eine 2TB SSD aufgestockt.
Nun überlege ich mir ob ich mal ne neue Linux Distro als Dual Boot(Windows, Linux) raufmache (bisher war ich bei Ubuntu).

Erster Plan war auf Linux Mint zu wechseln da funktioniert jedoch das WWAN Modul nicht.

Soll ich bei Ubuntu bleiben, oder was würdet ihr empfehlen?

#dualboot #fedora #ubuntu #thinkpad #t580

https://swiss.social/@ckae/112292318201140238

Hello! I need help with my 32-bit Windows i386 #PC (64-bit OS fitting https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/32432/intel-pentium-processor-t2330-1m-cache-1-60-ghz-533-mhz-fsb.html ) in #DualBoot #Linux #UbuntuMATE
For her job, my wife is asked for a VPN that only works on #Ubuntu 20.04 or higher, or #Debian 9 or higher.
But Ubuntu 32-bit is no longer supported or updated beyond... 18.04. I'm stuck with an obsolete OS.
So I'm thinking of switching the Linux partition to #Mint #MintLMDE, based on Debian 12.
...how do we do it? How do I do it?

Please feel free to boost for help !