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7 Things Nobody Tells You About Dual Booting Linux and Windows

Are you considering dual booting Linux and Windows? Do you want to play it safe and avoid potential pitfalls before diving in? After a decade of breaking and fixing my multi-boot setups, I've compiled ...
ZDNet

Hands-On: Linux UEFI multi-boot, my way

Let's start by clearly stating what this post is, and what it isn't. It is a description of how I set up multi-boot for Linux systems, sometimes including Windows, using the GRUB bootloader. It is not ...
PC World

How to install Linux on a PC with Secure Boot enabled

Eradicating Windows and slapping Linux on your computer sure isn’t as easy as it used to be. Modern Windows PCs produced after Windows 8’s release have UEFI firmware with “Secure Boot” enabled. This ...
Bleeping Computer

August Windows security update breaks dual boot on Linux systems

According to user reports following this month's Patch Tuesday, the August 2024 Windows security updates are breaking dual boot on some Linux systems with Secure Boot enabled. This issue is caused by ...
ZDNet

Kali Linux hands-on: Choosing the right version to download

Anyone involved in or even significantly interested in cybersecurity has probably heard of Kali Linux. Since its early days as BackTrack, it has been considered the standard in penetration testing and ...