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    [–] [email protected] 91 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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

    [–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

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

    [–] [email protected] 22 points 2 days ago

    That is amazing

    [–] [email protected] 18 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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"
      ...
    [–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

    Linux was already specified, so no BSD

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    [–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

    I didn't even know grub could display images.

    [–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

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

    [–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

    This is fantastic, I should do this

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    [–] [email protected] 27 points 2 days ago (1 children)

    Keep it contained in a VM, best hazardous containment.

    [–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

    How does it perform in gaming?

    [–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (4 children)

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

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 14 hours ago

    EAC sucks and can be bypassed with minimal effort. I've gotten Sea of Thieves running on a virtual machine despite EAC.

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    [–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

    [–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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.

    [–] [email protected] 89 points 2 days ago
    [–] [email protected] 20 points 2 days 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.

    [–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days 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.

    [–] [email protected] 18 points 2 days ago (13 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.

    [–] [email protected] 28 points 2 days ago (1 children)

    I've got this setup, but optimized slightly:

    1. Install linux on one drive
    [–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

    LOL exactly!

    [–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

    [–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

    Time to install to OneDrive.

    [–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days 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.

    [–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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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    [–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

    Cries in VR games.

    [–] Imacat 25 points 2 days 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.

    [–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

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

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

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

    [–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

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

    [–] [email protected] 23 points 2 days ago (1 children)

    Me booting into windows just to play some gta online

    [–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days 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.

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days 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.

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    [–] [email protected] 19 points 2 days 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.

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