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This crap is the embodiment of everything that is wrong with Linux. Another non-serious example. I used a dual-boot Linux&Vista laptop. Innocently tried to upd

by w00pla 17y ago

This crap is the embodiment of everything that is wrong with Linux. Another non-serious example. I used a dual-boot Linux&Vista laptop. Innocently tried to update Ubuntu. This changed the boot loader to Ubuntu only (removed the Windows menu). This may be fine for me, but it fails the grandmother test (or any other test of a normal casual computer user). Aren't updates tested before they are added?

DrJokepu 17y ago
To be fair, Windows would have overwritten the MBR (so that it boots Windows only) without asking too many questions either.
- arvinjoar 17y ago
  Well, Windows is King, and so it can get away with stuff like that. However, Linux being the Maverick, it can't afford to pull shit like that anymore.
- youngian 17y ago
  I've actually taken to installing Windows on a separate hard drive, and disconnecting my primary drive before I even begin the installation, because I've had Windows screw so many things up.
ElliotH 17y ago
I actually can't think of a context where this would happen. There has been a recent upgrade of grub which could cause problems with dual boot systems, but it wasn't automatically upgraded to for precisely this reason (you have to go out of your way or do a fresh install). And a standard grub upgrade should have kept your previous settings intact. So - since this happened and I can say with some certainty that it wasn't by design - have you opened a bug report about it? (I know that the unfortunate tone of this specific bug report is unfortunate but most are handled in a friendly manner)
mmt 17y ago
This may be fine for me, but it fails the grandmother test (or any other test of a normal casual computer user). I suspect that any dual-boot configuration would fail such a test, though I do admit to being out of touch with any computer user who might be considered normal.

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This crap is the embodiment of everything that is wrong with Linux. Another non-serious example. I used a dual-boot Linux&Vista laptop. Innocently tried to upd

by w00pla 17y ago

DrJokepu 17y ago
To be fair, Windows would have overwritten the MBR (so that it boots Windows only) without asking too many questions either.
- arvinjoar 17y ago
  Well, Windows is King, and so it can get away with stuff like that. However, Linux being the Maverick, it can't afford to pull shit like that anymore.
- youngian 17y ago
  I've actually taken to installing Windows on a separate hard drive, and disconnecting my primary drive before I even begin the installation, because I've had Windows screw so many things up.
ElliotH 17y ago
I actually can't think of a context where this would happen. There has been a recent upgrade of grub which could cause problems with dual boot systems, but it wasn't automatically upgraded to for precisely this reason (you have to go out of your way or do a fresh install). And a standard grub upgrade should have kept your previous settings intact. So - since this happened and I can say with some certainty that it wasn't by design - have you opened a bug report about it? (I know that the unfortunate tone of this specific bug report is unfortunate but most are handled in a friendly manner)
mmt 17y ago
This may be fine for me, but it fails the grandmother test (or any other test of a normal casual computer user). I suspect that any dual-boot configuration would fail such a test, though I do admit to being out of touch with any computer user who might be considered normal.