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[–] timmytbt@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago (4 children)

So, excusing my ignorance as a fairly recent Linux convert, what does this mean for my dual boot system?

I haven’t booted windows for weeks and am pretty sure there have been no updates since it was freshly reinstalled (maybe 6 months ago) as a dual boot with Debian.

Is this only a problem if I allow Windows to update?

Are Microsoft likely to fix the issue in a subsequent release?

[–] ochi_chernye@startrek.website 4 points 1 month ago

FWIW, I'm dual-booting windows and mint atm. Separate drives, but just one EFI partition, and this update hasn't borked things for me.

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[–] Zacryon@feddit.org 8 points 1 month ago

This again?

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (11 children)

Well, you can just fix the bootloader, but that's not super exciting I guess.

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[–] kaidelorenzo@lemmy.today 7 points 1 month ago

I guess I switch to single boot Fedora Silverblue just in time

[–] h0bbl3s@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

I dual booted a few times back in the days of winxp and win7. Never had a good experience somehow windows or a grub update always messed up things. Haven't ran windows in years but when I have to it goes on a separate drive now.

[–] IncogCyberspaceUser@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (8 children)

Does having Linux and Windows on seperate drives mitigate this issue somewhat?
Wanting to start dual booting and moving to windows. Wondering if that helps at all.
Edit: I meant moving to Linux... >.>

[–] 0x0@programming.dev 6 points 1 month ago (4 children)

If you can, put Windows in a VM instead.

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[–] obbeel@lemmy.eco.br 4 points 1 month ago

Not on my experience. But separate machines would work, if Microsoft never releases a "Wi-Fi network security patch for compatibility with all machines".

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[–] shekau@lemmy.today 3 points 1 month ago
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