XDA Developers on MSN

Dual-booting Windows and Linux stopped making sense once my hardware got good enough

Dual-booting once reigned supreme, but virtual machines have taken the crown with their isolation, security, and convenience.
XDA Developers on MSN

I tested dual-boot, WSL2, and VMs to run Linux apps on Windows, and only one was worth keeping

Dual-boot, VMs, and WSL2 walk into a Windows ...
Neowin

Microsoft confirms August Patch Tuesday updates break dual-boot in Windows 11 and 10Microsoft confirms August Patch Tuesday updates break dual-boot in Windows 11 and ...

Microsoft has now confirmed that the August 2024 Patch Tuesday update for Windows 11 and 10 throws a wrench into dual-boot systems with Windows and Linux operating systems installed side-by-side.
Neowin

Linux Windows 11 dual boot to finally play well as Microsoft fixes nine-month old bug0 0

Microsoft has finally fixed a nine-month old bug that would not let Windows 11 PCs dual boot with Linux. It is known that Patch Tuesday updates can often lead to big issues and something just like ...
Ars Technica

Dual Boot Windows 11, Convert to Linux Only Later?

So I'm looking to ease my main family desktop off of W11 over to Fedora KDE. There are a few things in Windows I need to make sure transition over, like the Plex server for one (files are on a ...
The Verge

The ability to dual-boot Windows is still ‘high on the list’ of Steam Deck priorities.

The Steam Deck’s initial Windows support lacked audio output before addressing that in May of last year, but we’ve been waiting for an update on dual-boot ever since. Now, Valve designer Lawrence Yang ...
Liliputing

Now you can dual boot Windows on some Chromebooks with AMD processors

Chromebooks, by definition, ship with Google’s Chrome OS software pre-installed. But they’re basically full-fledged laptop computers that just happen to ship with Google’s software pre-installed.
ExtremeTech

Microsoft Fixes Windows 11 Update That Broke Dual-Boot Linux Systems

A Windows security update released in August 2024, known as KB5041585, caused issues for users running dual-boot systems with Windows 11 and various Linux products like Ubuntu, Debian, and Linux Mint, ...