Anarch157a@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoThe year of Linux on the desktop is closer. Linux reaches 3% of desktopsweb.archive.orgexternal-linkmessage-square81fedilinkarrow-up1575arrow-down111
arrow-up1564arrow-down1external-linkThe year of Linux on the desktop is closer. Linux reaches 3% of desktopsweb.archive.orgAnarch157a@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.ml · 2 years agomessage-square81fedilink
minus-squareLazylazycat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoSorry if this is dumb, but does booting to Linux overwrite the current operating system, or can you just choose to boot to one or the other?
minus-squaredpflug@hachyderm.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years ago@Lazylazycat You can do what’s called “dual boot” where both (or even more than 2) OSes are available and you pick which to use at boot. @Anarch157a
minus-square∟⊔⊤∦∣≶@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoThis is a trap. I dual booted and just never went back to windows. Wasted disk space for years
Sorry if this is dumb, but does booting to Linux overwrite the current operating system, or can you just choose to boot to one or the other?
@Lazylazycat
You can do what’s called “dual boot” where both (or even more than 2) OSes are available and you pick which to use at boot.
@Anarch157a
This is a trap. I dual booted and just never went back to windows. Wasted disk space for years