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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Benefit of Ventoy/Vhd for Windows vs Dualbooting? or VM (is.hardlywork.ing)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by Dil@is.hardlywork.ing to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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What are the differences between the implementations? Does booting from a vhd using ventoy (external ssd not usb) let me avoid losing a partition to windows?

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[–] Xanza@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

imo its smart to have a backup

You can virtualize 90% of most Windows applications from within Linux using Bottles. It's not really as big of an issue as you make it out to be--unless there's something you need that can't be virtualized.

[–] Dil@is.hardlywork.ing 1 points 1 day ago

I can do it so why not, why not have peace of mind about that 10% storage is cheap and os is free