great-lounge Saturday 29 January 2022

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Jack PapelTeam03:02
I really love when microsoft covers my entire screen with a "You should update to windows 11" screen and closes all my programs
Not only that, but the button to decline was tiny, shoved in the corner, and had a second "are you sure?" menu
SollyTeam05:05
You should upgrade to linux
Jack PapelTeam05:07
Thinking about it...
I do have an installer on one of my USBs
But I need to first consider what programs I'd be losing
~~Like Microsoft Solitaire Collection~~
And if I were to, I'd like to keep windows around anyway. But that would not be great for my storage space
And I assume the Linux file system isn't compatible with NTFS
SollyTeam05:15
Linux can run on ntfs if you want, but it's better to use ext4
Jack PapelTeam05:16
If I use ext4, does that mean I can't access my windows files through linux?(edited)
SollyTeam05:17
It can access an nfts partition
It's just a bit annoying to boot from one
Jack PapelTeam05:17
Oh well as long as I can access it that should be fine
Mainly just don't want to recopy my git repos to my machine
Oh y'know what, I just remembered they're on OneDrive anyway, not my system, so that doesn't matter
SollyTeam05:19
You could easily boot from an ext4 partition but mount your windows home dir to your linux home dir
Jack PapelTeam05:20
Hm now that I think about it most of my stuff is on OneDrive anyway
Maybe I'll do that directory thing though idk
I wonder if you could install Linux onto a thumb drive and plug it in whenever you needed Linux
I tried doing that once but the USB I had was like half a gigabyte short
kalucky0Team08:50
My Windows tells me that I can't upgrade to Windows 11 even though I meet all of the requirements
SollyTeam23:15
Replying toJack PapelI wonder if you could install Linux onto a thumb drive and plug it in whenever you…
You can do pretty much whatever you want. That would work, but it'd take a bit of effort to get a usable, non-demo installation. I wouldn't recommend it for a first install
Jack PapelTeam23:30
Yeah I'm just not sure if I want to use up my hard drive for Linux when my school stuff is on windows
Is Microsoft office available on Linux?
Actually Google exists
Jack PapelTeam23:39
Alright Google tells me I can use wine if I want to be stuck with office 2003 or I can use a VM to run windows, and subsequently run office
Though at that point I might as well just use windows