▲ 829 ▼ Microsoft wants to hide the 'Sign out' button in Windows 11 behind a Microsoft 365 ad (www.neowin.net) submitted 2 years ago by Frellwit@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 294 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] orphiebaby@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (3 children) Verification is optional, but recommended. This is true for all OSs. Don't do it if you can't. Note that I said to buy a USB or DVD with Linux. Burning your own is easy on Linux, but Windows puts up a lot of roadblocks. (One wonders why.) GRUB works fine, but again, you only have to deal with it if you want to dual-boot. Some sound cards used to not have first-party Linux drivers, so you'd have to find some third-party workaround. This is the only real problem among the ones you listed, but even this is pretty rare nowadays. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] orphiebaby@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child) That's all fair advice. It doesn't change that installation instructions should have been a lot more thorough though. Once I get a third (or bigger primary) SSD, I'll dual-boot Mint. I still want to try it. Regardless of my issues with it, I do know Linux is getting better. And we can see how ready I am for it now (and that's partially up to the software). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago Fair. I guess asking users to verify the ISO is just to avoid lawsuits. Buying USBs is more beginner-friendly than burning your own, but it would be very difficult to maintain an up to date list of sellers. They definitely need to explain GRUB and dual-booting better, as well as make it easier to repair / avoid the Windows overwriting GRUB issue. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago Burning an iso with stuff like rufus is so stupid easy it should be illegal. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (3 children) Verification is optional, but recommended. This is true for all OSs. Don't do it if you can't. Note that I said to buy a USB or DVD with Linux. Burning your own is easy on Linux, but Windows puts up a lot of roadblocks. (One wonders why.) GRUB works fine, but again, you only have to deal with it if you want to dual-boot. Some sound cards used to not have first-party Linux drivers, so you'd have to find some third-party workaround. This is the only real problem among the ones you listed, but even this is pretty rare nowadays. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] orphiebaby@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child) That's all fair advice. It doesn't change that installation instructions should have been a lot more thorough though. Once I get a third (or bigger primary) SSD, I'll dual-boot Mint. I still want to try it. Regardless of my issues with it, I do know Linux is getting better. And we can see how ready I am for it now (and that's partially up to the software). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago Fair. I guess asking users to verify the ISO is just to avoid lawsuits. Buying USBs is more beginner-friendly than burning your own, but it would be very difficult to maintain an up to date list of sellers. They definitely need to explain GRUB and dual-booting better, as well as make it easier to repair / avoid the Windows overwriting GRUB issue. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago Burning an iso with stuff like rufus is so stupid easy it should be illegal. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] orphiebaby@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child) That's all fair advice. It doesn't change that installation instructions should have been a lot more thorough though. Once I get a third (or bigger primary) SSD, I'll dual-boot Mint. I still want to try it. Regardless of my issues with it, I do know Linux is getting better. And we can see how ready I am for it now (and that's partially up to the software). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago Fair. I guess asking users to verify the ISO is just to avoid lawsuits. Buying USBs is more beginner-friendly than burning your own, but it would be very difficult to maintain an up to date list of sellers. They definitely need to explain GRUB and dual-booting better, as well as make it easier to repair / avoid the Windows overwriting GRUB issue. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago Fair. I guess asking users to verify the ISO is just to avoid lawsuits. Buying USBs is more beginner-friendly than burning your own, but it would be very difficult to maintain an up to date list of sellers. They definitely need to explain GRUB and dual-booting better, as well as make it easier to repair / avoid the Windows overwriting GRUB issue. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago Burning an iso with stuff like rufus is so stupid easy it should be illegal. permalink fedilink source parent