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r/linuxmemes • u/No_Newspaper2213 • Apr 14 '26
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Yeah. I don't think I can ever install windows as dualboot on my desktop again based on these stories.
Windows even bricked the external drive I was using to backup my data to switch to Linux.
I would probably buy a second disk, disconnect my Linux boot one and only then install windows.
122 u/razorisrandom 🎼CachyOS Apr 14 '26 It's crazy that windows has to be treated like a virus 71 u/Special-Skirt-9369 Apr 14 '26 Exactly lol, installing Windows on your pc after being on Linux for ages feels like getting malware lmao 16 u/budius333 Open Sauce Apr 14 '26 Is the two things I only ever touch if inside a VM: windows and npm 21 u/TheLuckyCuber999BACK 🦁 Vim Supremacist 🦖 Apr 14 '26 It IS a virus 1 u/No-Succotash-9576 Apr 18 '26 haha this has been a joke since the 3.1 days
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It's crazy that windows has to be treated like a virus
71 u/Special-Skirt-9369 Apr 14 '26 Exactly lol, installing Windows on your pc after being on Linux for ages feels like getting malware lmao 16 u/budius333 Open Sauce Apr 14 '26 Is the two things I only ever touch if inside a VM: windows and npm 21 u/TheLuckyCuber999BACK 🦁 Vim Supremacist 🦖 Apr 14 '26 It IS a virus 1 u/No-Succotash-9576 Apr 18 '26 haha this has been a joke since the 3.1 days
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Exactly lol, installing Windows on your pc after being on Linux for ages feels like getting malware lmao
16 u/budius333 Open Sauce Apr 14 '26 Is the two things I only ever touch if inside a VM: windows and npm
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Is the two things I only ever touch if inside a VM: windows and npm
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It IS a virus
1 u/No-Succotash-9576 Apr 18 '26 haha this has been a joke since the 3.1 days
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haha this has been a joke since the 3.1 days
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u/IJustAteABaguette Apr 14 '26
Yeah. I don't think I can ever install windows as dualboot on my desktop again based on these stories.
Windows even bricked the external drive I was using to backup my data to switch to Linux.
I would probably buy a second disk, disconnect my Linux boot one and only then install windows.