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    [–] RobotZap10000 95 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (7 children)

    A gif showing a GRUB boot menu that has had a theme applied to it. The user can choose between a hand holding Tux, or another hand holding the Windows 3.1 logo.
    At least I made it fun for myself and my Windows-using sibling with whom I share a computer with. GRUB themes are cool! Also, I didn't make it myself, you can find the theme here: https://www.pling.com/p/2275254

    [–] nonagonOrc@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago

    That is amazing

    [–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

    What happens on triple or more boot? Is it just a tree?

    "Linux or windows"

    • Linux
      "Ubuntu or other?"
    • other
      "Arch or other"
    • other
      "Void or FreeBSD"
      ...
    [–] TheRedSpade@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

    Linux was already specified, so no BSD

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    [–] BootLoop@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago

    This is fantastic, I should do this

    [–] TheRedSpade@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

    I didn't even know grub could display images.

    [–] hexagonwin@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 week ago

    some icons there seems to be ai slop tho (not win and tux)

    [–] tfowinder@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago

    This is so funny, The windows should be blue coloured and linux be red.

    [–] Hexarei@programming.dev 4 points 1 week ago

    Also seems like it would be fun to do with rEFInd

    [–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 92 points 1 week ago
    [–] TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 29 points 1 week ago (1 children)

    Keep it contained in a VM, best hazardous containment.

    [–] bollybing@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

    How does it perform in gaming?

    [–] drathvedro@lemm.ee 8 points 1 week ago (4 children)

    Decent enough, 10-15% overhead with VFIO, as long as games dont use batleye or eac

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    [–] Imacat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)

    Last time I booted into windows it wiped my grub partition. That was the day I decided I didn’t really need windows anymore.

    [–] Carrot@lemmy.today 7 points 1 week ago

    For anyone that needs to hear this, the way to prevent this is to have Linux and Windows on separate drives.

    [–] juipeltje@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

    Me booting into windows just to play some gta online

    [–] TheRedSpade@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    I still don't understand gta online. For me the whole point of the GTA games was that you could do anything without a single thought because you were the only real person involved. That disappears when you add other people.

    [–] juipeltje@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

    Well i have to admit i've actually been treating gta online as a single player grind game for the most part. On ps4/5 i did play together with a friend of mine though, but playing in a lobby with randoms can definitely be frustrating, especially if you are a grinder because lots of people like blowing your shit up. I'm honestly still shocked that rockstar allows you to pretty much do everything in invite only lobbies now, because i remember having to do all kinds of tricks with my internet connection to get into a public lobby by myself.

    [–] mybuttnolie@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 week ago

    for me it was that i was able to play with friends. i don't have any, but if i did, we would've had some fun with heists.

    [–] BeN9o@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

    I'm actually happy to say this is me, I recently installed Mint on a separate m.2 drive from windows, I wanted to just test it. I now find myself almost permanently on Mint, only going back to windows once to play a multiplayer game that isn't on Linux yet.

    [–] Mrkawfee@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

    Same. There are one or two things that don't work on Linux yet or are buggy so I have Windows on a separate drive. I hardly use it though.

    [–] hansolo@lemmy.today 20 points 1 week ago

    The day I wiped all partitions from my dual boot and started fresh with no windows on the machine was a revelation. My heart sang and my soul wept with joy. Windows lives in a caged state now, a neutered monster I rarely demand dance for me because it is ugly and awkward and on an external drive I don't care about.

    [–] altphoto@lemmy.today 19 points 1 week ago (12 children)

    Best setup ever:

    1)install Linux on one drive.
    2)install Windows on a second drive.
    3)boot from grub on the first drive and add an entry to boot Windows.
    4)on a 3rd drive format it ext3 or optionally dos. Mount this puppy at /home or even /home/user.
    5)don't let windows touch you Linux home drive ever. Fuck windows and Microsoft. Both can suck my entire ass. If you ever need to share files between these systems use a pen drive. Microsoft doesn't deserve you. Just use it as a last resort, do your thing and GTFO ASAP.

    [–] wpb@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago (1 children)

    I've got this setup, but optimized slightly:

    1. Install linux on one drive
    [–] altphoto@lemmy.today 4 points 1 week ago

    LOL exactly!

    [–] Hupf@feddit.org 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

    That space at the end of 1) is doing some heavy lifting.

    [–] jj4211@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

    Time to install to OneDrive.

    [–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

    I used to run Windows on an esata drive that I would only power up occasionally in order to game, and it still somehow -- and I don't remember how -- managed to ruin my computer.

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    [–] savvywolf@pawb.social 6 points 1 week ago

    Just a heads up to anyone reading this: Don't format your home folder as FAT32/ntfs. Some stuff in there needs Linux specific permission bits and you might be limited in terms of maximum file size.

    Consider mounting at /home/usename/shared or something instead if you want a shared drive.

    [–] bollybing@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

    Does this work to prevent Windows from fucking your bootloader in all cases? Also I dont quite get the importance of step 4?

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    [–] OpenStars@piefed.social 16 points 1 week ago
    [–] Marduk73@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 week ago (3 children)

    I gave that up decades ago. If i can't do it in Linux, i don't need to do it.

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    [–] Suavevillain@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

    This is how it is for me. I have Linux and Windows on their own drives.

    [–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

    I was triple booting a Hackintosh for a while and kept them on their own drives. You have to because Windows updates like to screw with the UEFI of the drive it's install on at random time. Somehow, Window was less stable than OS X running on unapproved hardware.

    [–] MudMan@fedia.io 7 points 1 week ago (6 children)

    So in my dual boot setup Linux messes up the dedicated audio card so bad it not only sounds like ass on Linux but it somehow garbles Windows audio until I power cycle the entire thing. It is entirely possible it does permanent damage to the hardware. Some of the electrical clicks you hear from it are genuinely concerning.

    Had to plug in Linux audio via the motherboard audio and use different sources for each OS to work around it.

    Does change how the meme reads to me.

    Also, maaaan does Linux need to completely redo its audio systems from the ground up. It's so bad that saying that isn't even that controversial, which is insane in these circles.

    [–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (9 children)

    What distro? What sound card?

    You might try something new that runs pipewire by default, if you haven’t already. But I might also know of some specific quirks with specific cards.

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    [–] palordrolap@fedia.io 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

    From the ground up has been done at least once, but given there are multiple layers of interface and driver, it might not be at the right level for whatever hardware you have.

    I'm thinking specifically of how pipewire recently came along and basically took over the functions previously provided by pulseaudio, to the point of pretending to be Pulse where necessary so that things don't break.

    FWIW, I recently learned that my motherboard has features that weren't unlocked by default in my distro. Not related to sound, mind you, but nonetheless, I've gained access to that now. It required loading an extra kernel module. The same might be required to get the best out of your sound card.

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    [–] raxen001@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

    I play ally single player games in fedora and multiplayer in windows. Lol

    [–] rem26_art@fedia.io 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    When i still had a dual boot on my main PC, everytime I went into Windows and back into Linux, I'd have to replug my drawing tablet for it to work properly. Even after a complete shutdown. I have no clue what caused that.

    [–] Morganica@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

    Cries in VR games.

    [–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

    Windows in VM with vitio drivers and guest tools

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    [–] ramscoop@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

    Or like so... (/home is on another disk, no windows)

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