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minus-squareWanderingThoughts@europe.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up49·3 days agoAnd with ads baked into windows, you’re paying for them.
minus-squareA_norny_mousse@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·3 days agoThat was the biggest flabbergast for me when I took care of a few work machines recently, after not opening a Windows machine for years.
minus-squareMike D@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoI installed Linux Mint dual boot on my main PC with Win10 over the holidays. I will not take the ads and ai BS on Win11.
minus-squaregandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agodual boot of windows + linux is known to have issues IIRC because windows “repairs” the bootloader on each time it’s used, so linux becomes disabled.
minus-squareuselessartifact@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoI rarely boot Windows anymore but when I do, it’s via grub. I haven’t had an issue with Windows “repairing” the bootloader and disabling Linux. Anecdotal, to be sure, but it seems to be fine.
And with ads baked into windows, you’re paying for them.
That was the biggest flabbergast for me when I took care of a few work machines recently, after not opening a Windows machine for years.
I installed Linux Mint dual boot on my main PC with Win10 over the holidays. I will not take the ads and ai BS on Win11.
dual boot of windows + linux is known to have issues IIRC
because windows “repairs” the bootloader on each time it’s used, so linux becomes disabled.
I rarely boot Windows anymore but when I do, it’s via grub. I haven’t had an issue with Windows “repairing” the bootloader and disabling Linux. Anecdotal, to be sure, but it seems to be fine.