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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I keep Linux and windows on separate disks, grub or windows boot manager don't know about each other. I have the Linux disk as the primary boot, if I need to boot into windows i use the bios boot selection screen. It's a bit of a pain at times(have to mash F12 to get the bios boot menu) bit it's less of a headache than trying to fix grub

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I took this approach as well but I let Grub add Windows as a boot option. No mashing keys at post and Windows doesn't get to touch Grub or Debian.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I have considered adding windows to grub, but these days I hardly boot into windows so there is probably not much point.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Ah, I see, there really is a way 😁👌🏻

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Thanks for your input!