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Easy access to a few key functions is nice, IMO. Though helping someone on their computer and seeing half the taskbar occupied with two dozen system tray icons makes me vomit just a little, so I get it.
Easy access to a few key functions is nice, IMO. Though helping someone on their computer and seeing half the taskbar occupied with two dozen system tray icons makes me vomit just a little, so I get it.
Bootloader stuff is less important if you’re not dual booting. Windows has a tendency to attempt to rewrite the bootloader when it updates.
But if you’re interested, it never hurts to learn about your BL!
If you still need both, it’s an okay option, though it can be a little challenging to set up and maintain if you’re not as tech savvy. But in that case, to address the original question: learning how to restore your bootloader would be helpful.
But if running Windows in a VM works for what you need, that’s an option too (that’s what I do).
Or if you want to play around with Linux before committing, running it from a USB drive is also fine.
When your mom says you’re not getting out of cleaning this time…
Yeah, but by putting up the “we don’t support this” banner, they won’t have to deal with the complaints in the first place.
It’s also possible they want people to use Chromium for telemetry or other data-collection reasons, not sure.
Toronto Transit Commission. Donald loves to ride the rocket.
Sort of. I imagine the idea is they only need to test on Chromium-based browsers.
“Yeah, but my PC doesn’t handle it well. If my PC were upgraded, it could really gen some AI.”
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Absolutely. Making sure I have a huge life insurance policy, but getting it far ahead enough to avoid questions of fraud would be worth it.
I’ll throw Alpine Linux into the mix. Not sure how well it supports older hardware, but it’s really small.
Yeah, the base repositories are the same (along with Debian). In addition, Ubuntu gives access to the snap store, while Mint uses a flatpak repo. It won’t mean a lot to everyone–the main distinction between the distros is the default DE.
Mint uses flatpaks instead of snaps.
I wish I could, but cameras are restricted :/
My office has two ping pong tables. They’re literally roped off with caution tape, and nobody is allowed to use them. I wish I were kidding.
They obviously don’t have the features that Rufus has, but I’ve ended up using the default USB image writers that come pre-installed (found them on both Mint and Manjaro, probably available on others). If you’re just looking to write an ISO, check to see if you already have one.
Even using bullet points can help a lot in these situations (I use them quite often in emails with non-technical recipients).
Looks like the goal has been met!
I see what you did there