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    [–] [email protected] 40 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    Lies. You wouldn't buy a PC with Nvidia nonsense just to install Linux.

    [–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    Nvidia used to be the easy way to go. The open-source Nouveau driver lacked functionality. The official Nvidia driver was proprietary but worked well. (Though the Radeon drivers were proprietary at the time too. And Intel graphics hardware was always poor.)

    Wild how things turn around.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

    Serious question because I'm in the same situation of switching to LM, having a nvidia GPU. Your talking in past tense.. so nouveau drivers are actually useful now? Talking HDR, Gsync and DLSS

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

    You'll want the nvidia drivers. Nouveau is now usable with AMD cards I think, I'm on nvidia so I'm not 100% sure on that

    [–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    Windows 9 was peak. Nobody hated Windows 9

    [–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    by that logic nobody loved windows 9 either

    [–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    Win9 was the shit. Literally a flawless release. No vulnerabilities, no bugs, surprisingly little spyware. I don't think I ever had a BSOD with 9.

    [–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    well i can’t exactly argue with that one

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

    It wasn't a release tho.

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

    And for a reason

    [–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    The power of Ventoy cannot contain Windows

    [–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    which is ironic because afaik ventoy is the only way to make a windows installer from linux

    [–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    huh??
    you can just flash/dd the iso directly, no need for ventoy

    [–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    It's not possible to dd a Windows ISO to a USB stick.

    What way too many people fail to understand, because Linux ISOs are applying this method, but this is essentially a MAJOR HACK CALLED 'ISOHYBRID', is that, in most cases, you cannot simply take an ISO image and copy it byte for byte to a USB drive, and expect that to boot.

    https://superuser.com/questions/1527197/debian-creating-windows-10-bootable-install-usb-drive-using-terminal-dd#1527373

    [–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

    Thanks for the info, good read

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

    That didn't work for me the last time I tried it (and neither did Ventoy). I had to borrow a Windows PC and use the media creation tool.

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

    I've literally never used the media creation tool, i always installed windows from isos flashed with rufus/balena/dd/whatever

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    Aren't Rufus and balena media creation tools?

    [–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    by media creation tool, i mean specifically the proprietary "Windows Media Creation Tool" that can be downloaded from the Microsoft website

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

    damn, really? i thought windows had some weird stuff that wouldnt work properly with dd. doesnt really matter. i have no need for windows anyways

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    It's certainly not, there are other iso to USB drive tools for Linux. But the only way to make a Windows To Go USB from Linux is with rufus on a Windows VM with USB passthrough.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

    Nah man, before ventoy was created there was this one https://github.com/WoeUSB/WoeUSB

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

    Akchually, before ventoy was created everyone used this to do what you're talking about https://github.com/WoeUSB/WoeUSB

    [–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    Why would you preinstall windows 11

    [–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Manufacturers install Windows as the default OS. And it's safe to assume that a modern gaming PC would have W11 pre-installed.

    [–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago

    And this is why we build own pcs

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    Unless you install Windows it shouldn't be preinstalled

    [–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    It'd be nice if an OS pre installation option was available in the manufacturer's website. I'm sure Linux would get a bump in popularity by the average person if it led to a dip in their PC/laptop's overall price.

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    I was trying to make a joke about Linux users building computers out of mixed used components.

    It was a bad joke anyway

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    Can someone help me know what the linux distribution this symbol is?

    [–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

    Linux Mint. I made the logo seem worn down as to indicate that the USB has been used a lot.