• Norah (pup/it/she)
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      1729 days ago

      Can you imagine how fluffing concerning it would be if it did though? Like what arbitrary code execution fluffery is this??

      • Droechai
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        328 days ago

        Maybe nest an install script in cpu microcode that executes at random power ons to install a minimal windows IoT for the sole reason of highjacking boot sequences?

  • @[email protected]
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    1128 days ago

    Their linux should still be there, right? They just need to fix their bootloader. (and wipe Windows.) Right?

    • Lumelore (She/her)
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      328 days ago

      Yeah. I dual boot on an old laptop just in case I happen to need windows for something and sometimes the windows partition puts itself at the top of the boot order, but my Debian partition is still there and I just have to put it back at the top.

  • 🇺
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    1029 days ago

    I can’t trust windows enough to install it on the same ssd where my Linux distro reside.

  • @[email protected]
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    429 days ago

    I don’t doubt that it can happen but Windows has never messed with my GRUB even on major updates and even, IIRC, when “upgrading” from Windows 10 to 11.

  • @[email protected]
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    528 days ago

    yeah windows sneeky snacking the bootloader was one of the reasons i quit dual booting a decade ago, have not missed windows a single moment since then