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Microsoft breaks some Linux dual-boots in a recent Windows update

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Submitted ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨ZippyBot@lemmy.zip [bot]⁩ to ⁨gaming@lemmy.zip⁩

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/microsoft-breaks-some-linux-dual-boots-in-a-recent-windows-update/

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  • ekky@sopuli.xyz ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Huh, is Windows screwing over GRUB and Linux not a bi-monthly experience anymore? Sad that it happened, but glad that it’s become novelty enough to write about.

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    • xor@infosec.pub ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      yeah i remember the good old days, when windows update broke grub every time…
      eventually i switched to Windows Boot Manager (built into windows) and luckily it stopped breaking….
      but, as to your question, yeah it’s been years since windows broke grub…

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    • ruckblack@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I mean, maybe I’m just lucky, but I’ve been dual booting Linux and Windows for a little less than 10 years, and I’ve never had a Windows update interfere with GRUB. I’ve always thought the complaints were overblown.

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  • joao@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Keeps happening, I’ve had to fix my GRUB install more than once because Windows “inadvertently” overwrites the UEFI partition.

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  • YourPrivatHater@ani.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Microsoft moment, fuck them

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