Can’t run Windows 11? Don’t want to? There are surprisingly legal options

  • jecht360@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    Can’t say I would recommend dual booting both OSes off the same drive. Windows causes too many problems. Put Windows on an entirely separate drive instead and boot to it by changing the boot device in the BIOS.

    • Aphelion@lemm.ee
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      6 hours ago

      I run a dual boot system with no issues at all. Just need a second drive for Linux and let GRUB chain load the Windows disk.

    • Steven McTowelie@lemm.ee
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      6 hours ago

      When’s the last time you tried? I had a hell of a time dual booting in ~2016, but as of the last five years or so I’ve set up half a dozen dual boots without issue, and Windows (LTSC) hasn’t messed up any of the partitions.