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LTT does another Linux Challenge (youtu.be)
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[–] 2 points 5 months ago* (2 children)

If you have space in your laptop for a second SSD you could dual boot. That would let you switch without worrying about losing your Windows setup.

And if you go the dual-boot route, make sure you have selarate drives for the OS's. Windows updates like to destroy the Linux bootloader when they're on the same drive

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    I unfortunately don't have the money for a second SSD at the moment. I considered partitioning my drive, but I only have 500GB and it feels like that would be a pretty big issue if I don't figure things out quickly enough.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago*

    Yeah, don't partition your drive just to dual boot Linux. While Bazzite has an install option for only patching the bootloader when Windows breaks it, having to run it after most Windows updates is still not something you should sign up for

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    I advise against dual booting from one drive anyhow. Not because it doesn't work just fine in concept, but because windows literally nukes the boot data randomly sometimes. It's fucking insane but it's a real thing that happens. Seems like something you can only call malware but instead we call it windows.

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  • [–] 0 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    You don't need a second drive to dual boot. Although some atomic distros don't like to share.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

    I would really advise against dual booting Windows on a single drive.

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