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Linux is much more flexible with booting than windows typically is, generally as long as hardware is supported in the kernel (which is virtually always) there w
by throwaway2048 8y ago
Linux is much more flexible with booting than windows typically is, generally as long as hardware is supported in the kernel (which is virtually always) there wont be issues.
Even windows has gotten better about this, its usually possible to image drives and boot them in a VM without everything exploding.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y agoAs of Windows 10 it is reasonable to expect to be able to rip a drive out of any given computer and put it in another one and have it work. Actually did this recently to jump several years in hardware on my workstation.
- tracker1 8y agoIf you do that more than once in a 90 day window, you will likely have activation issues.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y agoNot in a corporate environment with KMS though.
- jimbobimbo 8y agoI migrated my desktop off of AMD to Intel to AMD over 6+ years, without reinstalling Windows. It just works.