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   Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOlivei to Dr. Noah Bodie   
   Re: why doesn't 'buntu offer a dual-boot   
   12 Nov 25 20:41:31   
   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   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?   
      
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