• henfredemars
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    6 months ago

    Reclaim your PC. Make it yours once more. Join the penguins.

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      6 months ago

      I dualboot to accommodate a handful of apps. Linux loads up fast and awaits my command once logged in. Meanwhile my pretty much fresh windows build sets my cooling fans on full before I’ve even touch the mouse.

      I admit it was a bit of a learning curve getting things set up as I like, but man Linux is such a better experience.

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        6 months ago

        You might like a VM for Windows instead, so there’s no risk of a windows update taking a hammer to your bootloader

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            I hadn’t heard of this before, and the concept is really intriguing. Thanks for this. I’ll check it out.

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          I didn’t spend tons of time experimenting, but found the VM wasn’t performing as smoothly as a second install.

          Should I be worried about the boot loader thing? My OS picking experience is pretty wack. I have to slam esc while booting then f9 then pick my Linux boot up. It defaults to windows which I kind of like because it puts my actual OS on stealth mode lol.

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            If you’re booting without GRUB then you don’t need to be concerned about your bootloader breaking. Windows just sometimes overwrites GRUB, which is a pain

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        6 months ago

        There’s something refreshing and simple about the computer doing what you tell it to do and nothing extra.

        When you don’t want or need your hand held, there is a simple beauty.

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          Not op but i personally use a fan controler as on my laptop asus weird overboost system is not very well handled by bios.

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            I was thinking about desktops, where the fan would be physically plugged into a fan controller instead of into the motherboard. Not sure what that would look like with a laptop.

            I was mainly asking because some of those fan controllers default to full on when the usb connection is absent, and Windows doesn’t enable all usb connections until after the user logs into the system.

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              Hmm since it’s linux you could have a service that handles that at boot i think. (I’m a noob take this with a grain of salt)

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      I finally did this last week, nuked out my Win 11 laptop install and switched to Ubuntu. I have yet to find anything I would need to go back to Windows for.

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        I was not so brave. I installed in dual boot, but I just never booted back into windows.

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        Or stay on Windows 10, if the pattern holds true Windows 12 might be decent again.

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          Don’t hold your breath, 10 already broke the pattern IMO and all I hear about 12 is that they will cram “AI” into everything. Windows the operating system is dead, replaced by Windows the sales platform.