Bri Guy @sopuli.xyz to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agoThe Release Date and Key Features of Windows 12 Unveiledux-news.comexternal-linkmessage-square154fedilinkarrow-up1115file-text
arrow-up1115external-linkThe Release Date and Key Features of Windows 12 Unveiledux-news.comBri Guy @sopuli.xyz to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square154fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareesty@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 year agoApparently they’re going to move the system files to their own protected partition in 12, first good Microsoft change?
minus-squareZozano@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 year agoBut I loved having Windows deciding it owns my boot partition and formatting over my bootloader
minus-squareesty@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoGod this is the fucking worst. Why would they ever make this decision? aside from annoying dualbooters
minus-squaremPony@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoMicrosoft 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”
minus-squareZozano@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoWhy would they ever literally delete the competition? I dunno.
minus-squarebobs_monkey@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoEven after the fact? On every dual boot I’ve ever had, I always install windows first and then whatever else.
minus-squareZozano@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoYeah, installing Windows first is the only way to guarantee it won’t override your Linux bootloader
Apparently they’re going to move the system files to their own protected partition in 12, first good Microsoft change?
But I loved having Windows deciding it owns my boot partition and formatting over my bootloader
God this is the fucking worst. Why would they ever make this decision?
aside from annoying dualbootersMicrosoft 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”
Why would they ever literally delete the competition? I dunno.
Even after the fact? On every dual boot I’ve ever had, I always install windows first and then whatever else.
Yeah, installing Windows first is the only way to guarantee it won’t override your Linux bootloader