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   Paul to All   
   Re: why doesn't 'buntu offer a dual-boot   
   12 Nov 25 20:03:00   
   
   From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Wed, 11/12/2025 3:41 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Wed, 12 Nov 2025 11:59:07 -0400, Dr. Noah Bodie wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2025-11-11 11:43 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> On Tue, 11 Nov 2025 23:34:23 -0400, Dr. Noah Bodie wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> I was testing Debian "Trixie" and it has an option to install itself   
   >>>> alongside your existing OS, and you can do this by selecting a single   
   >>>> option. But 'buntu makes you repartition your disk-drive manually.   
   >>   
   >>> Could it be because if dual-boot goes wrong, it requires a certain degree   
   >>> of knowledge to fix? Knowledge which unlikely to be present at the skill   
   >>> level at which Ubuntu is targeted.   
   >>   
   >> That is not even remoptely possibble since it's a prooven fact that   
   >> Linux uzers are all scientific geniuses.   
   >   
   > Linux-envy, anybody?   
   >   
      
   It's a 'leet population, fer sure.   
      
   It's all that building from source, that gives the peeps their skillz.   
      
   By the way, I saw a picture of Linux Grandma the other day!   
   Maybe we can have her picture put on some T-shirts.   
   "If she can do it, so can we".   
      
      Paul   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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