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My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore (www.howtogeek.com)

submitted 4 months ago by ForgottenFlux@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] irotsoma@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Only computer I have Windows on is my laptop and that's only because it's fairly new and laptops are notorious for proprietary hardware that's hard to get decent drivers for. My desktop has had Linux for a couple of years and everything else runs Linux.

[–] laurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

If you've got an external USB drive bigger than the laptop's, and are willing to take the time, you could back it up by making a disk image with Clonezilla so you're sure you have a backout option if you run into too much trouble getting Linux working

[–] irotsoma@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

I tried a live USB image of Ubuntu and couldn't get the touchscreen to work. I didn't try out everything, but that was the first major issue.