HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 hours agoYou paid me, a long-time Linux user, to use Windows 11 exclusively for a month: here’s how it wentwww.osnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up191cross-posted to: linux@programming.dev
arrow-up191external-linkYou paid me, a long-time Linux user, to use Windows 11 exclusively for a month: here’s how it wentwww.osnews.comHaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 hours agomessage-square24fedilinkcross-posted to: linux@programming.dev
minus-squareGoatSynagogue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 hours agoThis guy never even attempted to give windows a real shot. He complains about not being able to install windows on a drive that already has an OS on it, without getting rid of the other OS, for crying out loud
minus-squareAnafabula@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·3 hours agoIt’s a feature most big Linux distros support, but Windows doesn’t.
minus-square🔺Kritix🔻@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 hours agoWindows does support it tho. You just need to partition them separately on the same drive.
minus-squareGoatSynagogue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoBecause it’s something that shouldn’t be done.
minus-squareMummifiedClient5000@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 hours agoMultiboot was a common thing until Microsoft decided to make it difficult.
minus-squareGoatSynagogue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·58 minutes agoHaving a different OS on a different drive is how it should be done.
minus-squareMummifiedClient5000@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·34 minutes agoI know more than you.
minus-squareGoatSynagogue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·31 minutes agoIf you knew anything about operating systems you wouldn’t be saying that.
minus-squareRustySharp@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·14 minutes ago is how it should be done No it isn’t. The whole point of partitions is so you can have multiple things on the same drive. Be them data, swap, or… yes, operating systems.
This guy never even attempted to give windows a real shot. He complains about not being able to install windows on a drive that already has an OS on it, without getting rid of the other OS, for crying out loud
It’s a feature most big Linux distros support, but Windows doesn’t.
Windows does support it tho. You just need to partition them separately on the same drive.
Because it’s something that shouldn’t be done.
Multiboot was a common thing until Microsoft decided to make it difficult.
Having a different OS on a different drive is how it should be done.
I know more than you.
If you knew anything about operating systems you wouldn’t be saying that.
No it isn’t.
The whole point of partitions is so you can have multiple things on the same drive. Be them data, swap, or… yes, operating systems.
And?