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Resonosity

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  • Easy Dual Boot Method to Give Family Offramp from Windows

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  • is just annoying

    Is it really that annoying when a launch screen like rEFInd or Clover pops up with graphical logos of Windows or X distro? How is that any different than them picking an account to use over someone else's? The GUI experience is the same to me.

    autoboot X

    Is autobooting rEFInd or Clover not possible?

    that you need Y

    Wouldn't a restart a booting into rEFInd or Clover fix this? Maybe my understanding of the IT support world is wrong, but I would think that restarting a computer to fix issues isn't too far from the average user's troubleshooting skills.

    pester you to choose

    Seems like this disdain is coming from personal experience. Have you tried dual booting recently? Is it really as annoying as you think? Asking the Linux pros here because I don't know.

    hasn't improved ever

    Have you used GUI boot managers like rEFInd or Clover?

    flavours of the month

    What other options have you tried? I'm looking for a flavor that's the easiest and simplest for a noob to use.

    run a script

    I believe if you install Windows first then Linux after, you won't have the issue of Windows overwriting your boot sequence. I could be wrong though. My thinking was to set the GUI boot manager as the primary boot, and from there they can pick the OS they want.

    Only issue I foresee with this is Windows updates fucking shit up.

    very slow

    Good to know! Actual first or second good piece of advice to my post that doesn't involve people telling me to shut the fuck up.

    stick to the mainstream ones

    It'd probably be Mint, Ubuntu, or Fedora. But yeah good advice! Can you imagine giving a noob Arch haha

    called for support.

    I'm taking the train to go help my sister set up her OG Chromecast today.

    Safe to say I'm used to it :)

  • Easy Dual Boot Method to Give Family Offramp from Windows

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  • What's the easiest way to do this? Load up a 128 GB thumb drive with Ventoy and all the .ISOs? Could be a good first step before doing dual boot because they'll know what they want.

  • Easy Dual Boot Method to Give Family Offramp from Windows

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  • No they won’t

    It's quite funny how you know what's best for my family. Kindly, fuck off with that.

    You’re clearly desperate

    If I was desperate, I'd go ahead and switch their PCs to Linux without consulting the top Lemmy instance about how to make the transition seamless and easy. Real 5Head move

    if they want to switch

    This is assuming normies like my family even know that there are alternatives other than MacOS.

    I want to get ahead of that curve, and show them options.

    This comment is antithetical to my entire post.

  • Easy Dual Boot Method to Give Family Offramp from Windows

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  • switch their operating systems around

    I'm not switching their OSes around. I want to give them the option to try a different OS out if they find a reason to during their normal use.

    Dual boot means they can keep booting into W11 forever if they want. The point about dual boot isn't to get in the way of that, but to give choice. That's all I want to accomplish because there's no guarantee that Windows will get better for the average user. imo, the trend is to make things worse.

    very few people care

    They will care when the next Windows update bricks their laptop, and they wish they could do anything else to get their $1000+ device back. Or their OneDrive fucks up and they lose their data.

  • Easy Dual Boot Method to Give Family Offramp from Windows

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  • Linux mint

    Thanks for the rec!

    causes issues on the same drive in my experience

    How so? I'm dual booting SteamOS + W10 on my Steam Deck right now, and the only issue I'm having is Windows changing the boot sequence. Probably could have fixed that if I flashed W10 first then SteamOS, but meh.

    Lots of my family already run W11 by default, so I wouldn't think dual booting would be difficult.

    what’s the benefit?

    The idea is to give them Linux so they can try it out without committing full time since it's an entire process to de-Google and de-Microsoft people's lives. And to jump back to W11 because that's what they're used to.

    boot into Linux by default

    This to me is forcing them to use Linux, which is not what I want to do. I want them to explore it if they want.

    There will be instances where a bug in W11 comes up and makes their lives fucking hell for the short time being. If Linux is right there as an alternative and just works, that will be a bigger motivator than me just installing in on their machine because I know what's best for them.

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  • are probably just fine

    ARE fine, for now. Windows is turning to shit though, and I'd like to be that resource for when they want to make the switch. Even easier if I can introduce Linux now, at least for a trial, so I can plant the seed.

    Could probably boot from USB first honestly to see what distro they prefer, now that I'm thinking about it

    You making this comment is pretty much antithetical to my post.

    pointless exercise

    Why in your opinion? Is dual boot futile? Have improvements not been made over the years?

    booted to the wrong OS

    That's my goal here. Finding a good dual boot method from the Linux community that will minimize issues like this.

  • Trump, 79, Appears to Forget Name of Woman Who Just Gave Him Her Nobel Peace Prize

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  • Evil never dies.

    Wish it did though.

  • i hate dishes

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  • I can't stand dishes so much anymore that I just let the pots I used to cook cool while I'm eating dinner, then just throw them in the fridge.

    I usually eat the leftovers within the following 1-2 days, and I have less dishes because I'm not using containers.

    Ez

  • ICE Attacks Car Full of Kids, Leaving 6-Month-Old Baby Unconscious

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  • Holy FUCK

  • Finally l33t

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  • Or systemctl reboot!

  • Developer appreciation time!

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  • I finally got Docker Desktop to work over the weekend, after weeks of not being able to sign in - from a browser or CLI.

    Some GUIs are nice. I prefer GUIs to CLI. But some GUIs aren't as usable as CLI

  • Guys, what's the best Linux distro to install on my PC?

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  • Ahh, that's right. It's Arch, not Fedora.

    I'll make the edit! Thanks

  • Guys, what's the best Linux distro to install on my PC?

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  • TL;DR: Ubuntu + KDE Plasma (=Kubuntu) + X11 (Wayland fucks with my Firefox)

    First thing to acknowledge about Linux is that you have 2 choices in front of you about how you want to configure your operating system:

    Distro, and desktop environment.

    A distro or distribution for short is the part of the operating system that runs programs, updates them, etc. A distro like Ubuntu will incorporate different code syntactically than another distro like Fedora, but will largely perform the same actions. For instance, to update all of your apps/programs in Ubuntu, you would run sudo apt-get update. To do the same thing in Fedora, you would run sudo dnf update. Other than that, different distros might be optimized for some things over others. Bazzite and SteamOS are distros that optimize for gaming, while Debian is optimized for long-term stability for things like servers.

    Desktop environment (DE) on the other hand is all about what you see on your screen. It's the visual portion of your operating system. In my opinion, the choice of DE for you comes down to what's comfortable to use and/or what you grew up with previously. So if you grew up using Windows computers, then DEs like KDE Plasma or Cinnamon would work for you. If you grew up on Mac computers instead, Gnome would be your best choice.

    For me, I got exposed to Linux with my Steam Deck, so I wanted to mirror the Deck's Desktop Mode on my laptop. The Steam Deck uses Fedora Arch as the distro and KDE Plasma as the DE. I changed the distro for my new Framework laptop to Ubuntu because I'm more familiar with that, having used Ubuntu computers in middle and high school and dabbling with Ubuntu virtual machines on Windows in the past. KDE Plasma is chill because it reminds me of Windows the most.

    And of course, distro and DE aren't the only choices you have on Linux... You have your display server engine like X11 or Wayland, and the seemingly limitless assortment of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) alternatives to your favorite apps/programs on Windows/Mac/Android/iOS.

    Edit: Steam Deck uses the Arch distro instead of Fedora.

  • Whistleblower drops 'largest ever' ICE leak to unmask agents: 'The last straw'

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  • I personally believe that the kids should be left out of whatever repercussions their parents bring on since they themselves didn't get to choose their spawn point.

    But any significant others of these ICE thugs should 100% have divorced their asses and rescinded access to their kids. Maybe should have even gotten restraining orders.

    If not, they're complicit too.

  • This is Jehan Pages, the top developer behind GIMP, a free open source photo editor. Adobe executives hate Jehan. Because of his hard work, Adobe lost millions of dollars

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  • Which ones do you have in mind, if you don't mind me asking?

    I would LOVE to have a FOSS Bluebeam

  • Welcome Dan Williams, new LibreOffice Developer focusing on UI/UX 🥳

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  • Congrats Dan!

  • What if the Internet Goes Down? - 15 Jan, 7PM CET

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  • I'd be interested in reading a debate thread on Lemmy about this.

    What the pros and cons to different communication methods are following a disaster that neutralizes mainstream methods of communication.

    Benn Jordan just did a video on Meshtastic and other decentralized tech, so I'm inclined to believe in mesh technology. But I'm also curious about the high frequency stuff you mention

  • This is Jehan Pages, the top developer behind GIMP, a free open source photo editor. Adobe executives hate Jehan. Because of his hard work, Adobe lost millions of dollars

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  • Yes. Bluebeam Revu can do everything Adobe Acrobat can do (better imo).

    Acrobat is still a product of Adobe, which is why I brought Bluebeam up.

    I know this thread is about GIMP vs Adobe Photoshop, but OP of this comment thread said that Adobe has a monopoly over every business use. Not the case in the construction world

  • This is Jehan Pages, the top developer behind GIMP, a free open source photo editor. Adobe executives hate Jehan. Because of his hard work, Adobe lost millions of dollars

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  • In the construction world, Bluebeam is a good contender to Adobe.

    Still corporate though