XPost: comp.os.linux.misc   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-12-07 05:41, c186282 wrote:   
   > On 12/6/25 06:52, Daniel70 wrote:   
   >> On 6/12/2025 1:36 pm, c186282 wrote:   
   >>> On 12/5/25 07:14, Daniel70 wrote:   
   >>>> On 4/12/2025 2:13 pm, c186282 wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>    
   >>>>   
   >>>>>    Ordered a newer unit. It'd BETTER boot Linux or   
   >>>>>    it goes straight in the bin and HPs forever off   
   >>>>>    my list.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> My HP 6730b laptop DID dual boot Win7 and MageiaLinux .... until it   
   >>>> started deleting the Win7 Installation!!   
   >>>   
   >>>    Why would you need a Win installation ? That's the   
   >>>    first thing zapped when I get a new box ... don't   
   >>>    let it run for a millisecond  :-)   
   >>>   
   >> Back when I brought the Laptop (2009), it had Win-7 pre-installed ....   
   >> and I was 'playing' with Linux so I thought it would be better to   
   >> leave the Win-7 insitu and Dual Boot the Linux ..... so, if I stuffed   
   >> something up Linux-wise, I could switch back to Win-7 and away I'd go.   
   >>   
   >> You know .... Safety first!!   
   >   
   >   
   >    LONG back I did dual (plus) boots. Then quickly I found   
   >    I was never booting Winders anymore ... so .......   
   >   
   >    Sorry, NO MORE WINDERS. I'm not gonna get an MS account,   
   >    not going to use their cloud, not gonna use ever-more-   
   >    fuzzy O365, not ... well ... NEVER.   
   >   
   >    Now it's a matter of pride to keep pre-installs from   
   >    executing even one instruction before I nuke 'em with   
   >    a Linux install.   
      
   I have at least two things that require Windows.   
      
   One is purchased ebooks; the DRM protection on many shops require ADE,   
   Adobe Digital Editions to handle. If I purchase the ebooks at the   
   kobobooks place, then I don't need anything. But if I buy at third party   
   places, I need it.   
      
   Another thing is the TomTom tool. Sometimes I need to connect the thing   
   to the computer and do something on the software (like enable debug so   
   that customer service finds the problem).   
      
   A decade ago, I needed a double boot laptop for this. Currently, a   
   virtual machine on vmware handles it.   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
   ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;   
      
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