A real OS will let you uninstall any part if it you feel like removing.
this post was submitted on 08 Nov 2023
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It's seriously hilarious to me that something like Linux will literally let you uninstall the bootloader and reboot without installing a new one and won't say shit about it. :D
It's by design. What if I boot from USB? Then what's on the disk is irrelevant. I can boot a kernel off a USB drive and chroot into any drive i feel like. Hell, I could boot from a USB and then chroot into my broken drive and reinstall the bootloader without having to reinstall the OS.
Lets see MS pull that off. I bet once you corrupt the registry enough you have no choice but to reformat and start over.
You can’t even put /Users fully onto a second drive without hacks that potentially break Windows Update because they can’t even be arsed to use their own environment variables or follow mounts.
“Reformatting huh? Hope you had a backup of all your documents, lol. Hey why not try OneDrive only $199 a year bro”
Man I forgot that you can't even import backed-up profiles into a new Windows install.
There used to be a native tool called Windows Easy Transfer, but it was dropped in Windows 10 in favor of third-party tools like PCmover and transwiz. There is still Microsoft's USMT, but that's designed as an enterprise tool and I think it depends on MECM.
I dont have a fucking clue what any of that dumb shit means.
I copy /home/me over
I copy it back
FOSS LIFE
Don't forget to check your permissions and selinux file contexts.
I mean, there's transfer wiz and profile wiz that'll do it, but not any builtin tools unfortunately.
What hardcore Linux users don't seem to really get is this: The vast majority of people who need to use computers simply do not care about anything you just said. They absolutely don't. They simply want to press a button to boot the device, use the apps they need and maybe even play a game and that's it. That is what Windows does for them.
The average user is overwhelmed when the desktop icons have been moved.
I love Linux and it is on a great way to being used by a wider audience and it's great it provides the freedom it does. But it still has its quirks that makes it too hard to use for 95% of users.
But the average user is not going to uninstall their bootloader to begin with. We were talking about power users. As a power user it's nice to be able to do whatever you want.
Spoken like someone that's never had a friend lose their harddrive because Windows did some dumb shit.
I dont care that granny can't install a new grub.
It would be nice if windows at least gave you an option -- which it does not.
* starts sweating being the only IT guy in the family *
As someone who does not really follow this Windows stuff - Is that "Tips app" some kind of "clippy reborn"?
The road is being paved for Clippie's return
Now that's nice to read
Microsoft's worst (or best depending on perspective) move here is their potential decision to make windows a monthly paid OS.
So many people have been running to me asking about Linux ever since it was even suspected that Windows 12 would be a monthly subscription.