My home computing experience extends back to manually setting IRQs and programs that came in the form of booklets of code in text. I’m not a stranger to getting fiddly with my software. This laptop just will not play nice with linux. It’s from maingear, and not even windows 11 recognizes all the hardware without some proprietary drivers, for example the keyboard backlighting.
Skill issue.
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My home computing experience extends back to manually setting IRQs and programs that came in the form of booklets of code in text. I’m not a stranger to getting fiddly with my software. This laptop just will not play nice with linux. It’s from maingear, and not even windows 11 recognizes all the hardware without some proprietary drivers, for example the keyboard backlighting.
What’s the model number?
And specifically windows recovery partitions enjoy nuking grub at every step.
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Does it allow for a second SSD?
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What happens if you boot it with only the Linux SSD attached?
Well, there’s your problem. Windows nukes it in a blind panic.
As an alternative, windows in a vm for your work software, Linux as the only physical install.