Image text: “Fact: 90% of Linux users switch back to windows right before all their problems are about to be fixed”
I don’t have problems in linux
I am the problem in linux
Linux pros: You have control over everything Linux cons: You have control over everything
Pretty sure that 90% of Linux users don’t switch to Windows.
I still boot to windows every now and then to play games. But each time windows painfully reminds me why I hate it
Actually more like a self fulfilling prophesy
IMO many will leave Linux just before finding the fix!
I had tried dual boot but kept going back to windows because i knew how to do things there without having to mess with anything
Its only after i removed windows altogether and only ran Mint, that i was forced to seriously look for solutions. Once you do find them though, you dont need to mess around with anything that much any more
A suggestion for everyone that’s kinda new, and to be honest, grizzled vets too… Use chatgpt as a trouble shooting tool. It’s really surprising how good it is sometimes. I’ve had it write bash scripts in minutes, solve obscure Firefox issues, fix game settings for barely compatible games… So many things
“When he reached the New World, Cortezh burned hish ships. Ash a reshult hish men were well motivated.” —Capt. Ramius, played by Sean Connery in The Hunt for Red October
This is true, I wanted to play a game and it looked broken in Linux. When I went back to Windows I discovered that it was a problem with the game. Then I went back to Linux and it ran better than it did in Windows.
Typical Ubisoft experience.
I mean, if you duel boot, it’s just a matter of time until Windows nukes your other OS. At least with me, my Linux was about to solve world peace, but Windows got wind of that and shut it the fuck down.
Meme is correct, they’re coming for you.
I almost wanted to correct you and say its dual not duel, but when I think about it windows will fight to be the only bootloader right when you think its finally behaving.
Windows basically never nukes the actual linux install. It DOES like breaking the bootloader though. Which is fixable but still deeply annoying.
Ah damn this is exactly what happened a few days ago. My popos boot entry suddenly disappeared. I can still just boot from the physical ssd it’s installed on, but I found it strange it just pooped out somehow. Any pointers on how to fix it?
Here’s an article on how to fix it.
TLDR: You need to boot from a live disk, mount your install and reinstall the bootloader.
I haven’t had it happen to me for a while now. I used to have a boot repair liveCD that’d always do the trick, but I don’t think that specific distro even exists anymore.
The gist is you’ll want to boot a liveCD and use the liveCD to reinstall GRUB, I’m sure you can find the right incantation to do so online somewhere.
Reminded me how Windows would set the hardware clock to different timezone that Linux uses, can’t remember which.
It would make my blood boil, that’s when I decided to never boot it again. 100% Linux everywhere, I get it on routers when I can.
Windows sets the hardware clock to local time, Linux sets it to UTC. It’s possible to tell one to respect the others preference
I will never expect Windows to respect any preference. Updates burnt me too many times.
Linux for life.
So that’s why windows always has the wrong time after I’ve been in my Linux install…
