I gave that up decades ago. If i can’t do it in Linux, i don’t need to do it.
Last time I booted into windows it wiped my grub partition. That was the day I decided I didn’t really need windows anymore.
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/2275254What 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”
…
- Linux
This is fantastic, I should do this
That is amazing
Me booting into windows just to play some gta online
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.
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.
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.
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.
Today I watched A Titus video about customizing his terminal to make it less ugly. And to install new fonts he had to type some weird commands to find where those files were stored and some other alien commands to get them installed.
Do you know what I don’t have to do in windows to get a font installed ? None of that. Open the file like normal people do and click install. No wizardry spells to learn
Then he did it because he wanted to, not because he had to. You can just double-click the fonts in your file manager and preview/install the font if you’re using a typical distro/desktop environment.
Edit: he likes to customise his environment to hell afaik, so he probably has a non-standard setup
doesn’t KDE just let you double-click the TTFs and install them that way?
Gnome works like that too- double click on the TTF/OTF and you get a window with a preview of the font and an install button.
Why would you watch a terminal video if you’re afraid of it?
Curiosity
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.
Probably Windows not actually shutting down.
