Microsoft's latest security update has ruined dual-boot Windows and Linux PCs

[neilv]

Dupe: “Something has gone seriously wrong,” dual-boot systems warn after MS update (arstechnica.com) 54 points by WaitWaitWha 11 hours ago | 45 comments | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41310217

[SuperNinKenDo]

If anyone is reading this before clicking through to the article, I recommend clicking through to the arstechnica link as it does not feature a god awful cookie popup like the link for this thread does.

[fumeux_fume]

Dual-booters are a hardy folk. They'll persevere. I had the distinct pleasure recently of creating a Windows install USB without using Windows to create it. Damn near impossible.

[nulltxt]

How did you do it? Having trouble with this right now

[ChrisArchitect]

[dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41315701

[nightowl_games]

Yeah it broke my Linux Mint. I run mint all day while developing and then switch to windows 11 to game every once in a while.

I think there's a way to fix it but I had to disable secure boot to work this week.

I've had way more issues with windows 11 than with linux Mint. Like way more.

[WolfeReader]

As a former dual-booter, there's surprisingly few games that still require Windows. You might consider going full Linux.

[evilos]

I keep a W11 drive in my system (separate drive from my main linux system) for games and I find I haven't booted into it in months.

And I know when I do it'll take probably an hour to get all the updates out of its system. Ugh.

[tiahura]

Is dual booting still a thing? I haven’t seen anyone doing it in 20 years.

[bigiain]

<waves hand>

I have an Intel NUC that has it's original Windows (10) install on it's internal spinning rust drive, and Ubuntu on it's NVME SSD (and a pair of USB drives in software Raid 1)

It's the Windows box I keep around for odd but specific tasks like the running the 3D wing and airfoil simulation software I have, or the CNC mill firmware update tool that only runs Windows. It's also got a few Windows only 3D modelling tools and GCode creation tools that I occasionally need for the laser cutter or CNC mill or one of the 3D printers.

99.9% of it's time is spent booted into Linux running Emby and PiHole and Home Bridge and doing file server duties.

[epidemian]

Why would it stop being a thing?

I've had dual-booted until a couple of years ago, when i decided to ditch Windows for good, since i wasn't playing videogames, and the few i may wanted to play were playable on Steam. If i had needed Windows for a specific videogame or program, i would still be dual-booting today.

[desiderantes]

I don't think anyone is booting grub or refind in a way that you would notice on public.

[bastard_op]

People are doing this a lot on handhelds like rog ally and others systems to flip between windoze-only games and those that work under Bazzite or other steam deck-ish distributions fine for improved performance and frame rates over windoze. Usually the DRM-laden vermin require windoze still, most everything else works ok enough with proton in linux now.

I also keep windoze in as minimal space as I can using linux full-time to update lenovo firmware on my tb4 dock and system periodically as I've been burned with firmware updates under linux, so 128gb of a disk for windoze is usually a small sacrifice as a fallback.

[6th]

I have a triple boot setup. Every OS sucks so why not?

It doesn't hurt to have intact alternate OS's ready to go.

I might only use one Linux regularly but there's a devuan and a vanilla windows (+patches from ~1 year/6mo. ago) - it's really no big deal leaving them be. It's just disk space.

windows will probably get nuked soon cause it's on a gen4 NVME - not using that is a waste.

[turtle_heck]

I did for a while in the 2010s but eventually found it too fragile and risky, started booting linux off a removable drive then eventually booting linux and just virtualizing windows, way less risky and I don't care about games so it was fine.

[SJetKaran]

Quite a few people who bought windows laptops, and want to use Linux alongside in it.

[JohnTHaller]

I have an old Dell Latitude that I tri-boot Windows 7, 10, and 11 for testing with my PortableApps.com stuff as some things are better to test on actual hardware rather than in a virtual machine.

[mortsnort]

Why wouldn't people be dual booting in 2024? Because of WLS?

[glimmung]

Happy triple booter here - yup, it's a thing.

I have a stable/secure Linux and an experimental Linux on my trusty old T430, but I need a Windows instance for testing.

[shiroiushi]

In today's sister discussion about Linux on the desktop, several commenters there claim they're dual-booting.

[senectus1]

absolutely, its very often the gateway to a swap over.

I haven't seen it used much in the enterprise though.

[denimnerd42]

yes? my preferred desktop env is linux.