• griefreeze@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    This is what made me switch to Linux full-time. I’m not surprised this is still a thing 10+ years later

  • milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I have in fact never had or seen this problem, and I’m quite bewildered by so many people having it. Do your normal windows updates do it? Or transition between major Windows versions? Or is it just a Win 11 problem?

    I’ve pretty much always used a dual boot Win/Linux laptop, since around Vista, and I’m on 10 now (but only use it for a few games; all important things in Linux).

    • Luccus@feddit.de
      1·
      1 year ago

      I’m not sure how it is now, but when I was still dual booting I had the same problem until I got a separate drive for Linux instead of just using different partitions of the same drive.

  • JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    That’s why you should only have a Linux partition. Most things Windows cam be done with WINE, Proton, or, in absolute necessity, a VM.

    • Diplomjodler@feddit.de
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      1 year ago

      I have exactly one program i need and that just won’t run in Linux. It’s the proprietary scan software that came with my scanner. It lives on a Windows VM and only gets fired up once a week.

      • Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        1 year ago

        That’s one of the two? things left that are keeping me on Windows. Photoshop being the other one that I can remember.

        I’ve got hundreds of old photos to scan, and a trial of lots of scanning software on Linux showed that the Windows software is currently superior. If I wasn’t using Photoshop too I could probably use a VM. Seeing as I need to be in Windows anyway, I’m sticking with that setup until the photos are scanned.

        For anyone wondering, I found that scanning under Linux left the colours slightly ‘off’. It’s easy to fix, but has to be done individually, so doing it for that many photos would add way too much time to the project. It’s faster to stick with Windows until they’re scanned.

        • Diplomjodler@feddit.de
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          1 year ago

          a trial of lots of scanning software on Linux showed that the Windows software is currently superior

          Sad but true. I’d even accept inferior software if I could find anything that works halfway decently. It’s really a shame. Just shows that nobody who works on Linux runs a small business.

      • corship@feddit.de
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        1 year ago

        Wilfried Just protects the user from accidentally selecting the wrong bootloader by conveniently removing them.