DOS Ain't Done Til Lotus Won't Run? (2005)

Re:DOS Ain't Done Til Lotus Won't Run? (2005) by krylon on Thursday October 22, 2015 @01:37PM (#10433577)

Most people that are capable of installing Linux (or some other Unixoid system) are probably capable of reinstalling GRUB (at least with a little help from a search engine of their choice).

But if you try to get your parents to give Linux a try, because their laptop ends up infected with some virus every other month, this does not help.

Which makes me think: What about dual-booting two Windows installations? This is probably a very rare scenario, especially with virtualization, but what if I was developing, say, device drivers and wanted to check my driver works both on, say, Windows 7 and 8/8.1? Does the Windows installer put my other Windows installation in the boot menu automatically? (Honest question, I have never tried this and probably never will.)

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Re:DOS Ain't Done Til Lotus Won't Run? (2005) by code_sterling on Thursday October 22, 2015 @02:52PM (#10434139)

I wouldn't recommend linux if your parents keep getting malware. Wipe the PC, and set yourself up as the admin. Create a base user account for your parents, and RDP in to their machine to install programs for them. Or get them to use a tablet. The other option is to set them up with a mac. If they stay within the App Store, they're pretty safe.

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Re:DOS Ain't Done Til Lotus Won't Run? (2005) by Shorel on Friday October 23, 2015 @02:18PM (#10440335)

I triple boot Windows XP, Windows 7 and Ubuntu 32bits in my gaming computer.

Grub shows a single Windows entry on its boot menu.

Then you see Windows 7 and 'Previous Windows version' in a text mode menu.

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Re:DOS Ain't Done Til Lotus Won't Run? (2005) by krylon on Saturday October 24, 2015 @06:07AM (#10443085)

Thanks for the info!

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