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1. Ars Technica (arstechnica@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Aug-2024 09:17:23 JST Ars Technica

   A patch Microsoft spent 2 years preparing is making a mess for some Linux users

   Microsoft said its update wouldn't install on Linux devices. It did anyway,

   https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/08/a-patch-microsoft-spent-2-years-preparing-is-making-a-mess-for-some-linux-users/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

   • Pablonius Monk (pabloniusmonk@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Aug-2024 09:23:52 JST Pablonius Monk

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     @arstechnica Yet another strike against dual booting Windows & Linux.

   • Jeremy (nul42@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Aug-2024 10:22:42 JST Jeremy

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     @arstechnica They must have waited two years so they could just ask Copilot to write, test and push update.

   • Epistomai (epistomai@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Aug-2024 12:09:50 JST Epistomai

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     @arstechnica I mean... I've been doing dual boot since the 90s, and every single time windows has an update, messed with the dual boot and overwrites linux boot sector. I ditched Windows many years ago for forever because of this.

   • Quark Maker (quarkmaker@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Aug-2024 13:05:30 JST Quark Maker

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     @arstechnica I'm glad I don't dual boot. Never needed Windows, and I still don't.

   • GP-u-Moto (gpumoto@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Aug-2024 15:19:29 JST GP-u-Moto

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     @arstechnica Yeah, windows has been breaking dual boot sytems for a while. I hate having to run Windows at all but I need it for testing. I have an el'cheapo Net book with Windows installed on it that I use for testing. It mostly just sits in the corner and collects dust.