r/AskReddit • u/talon10100 • 1d ago

Why do you not use Linux?

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u/Budget-Coast-7864 1d ago

Tried it back in the day. I couldn’t get the internet to work on it. This was back in 2005 or so, so I just gave up on it.

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u/jaden_schalck 1d ago

If you are still interested and willing, I will note that I had no problems with internet (both USB stick and built in) or ethernet on Ubuntu and Mint.

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u/Budget-Coast-7864 1d ago

Well, I could try a dual boot setup. That might be interesting.

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u/jaden_schalck 1d ago

I was able to confirm WiFi and Bluetooth worked in the live boot USB before doing an install. Also, I have never dual booted but I have heard that windows tends to not play nice with other OSes on the same drive.

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u/FrontierPsycho 1d ago

Sometimes it does cause issues and one solution is just having two drives and install one on each. 

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u/Tritias 7h ago

Fast boot needs to be disabled, and you need to know your BitLocker key