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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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How bad is my partitioning? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I just got a new laptop and installed Linux on it. I mainly run OpenSUSE.

Getting full encryption on both was a bit of a challenge and I had no idea what I'm doing. Will having the swap partition in the middle break things? Did I really need so many partitions (Mint and OpenSUSE don't show up in eachother's boot menu)?

I'm probably not gonna change this layout (because reinstallation seems like a pain) unless the swap partition's position is a problem. I'm just curious how many mistakes I made.

EDIT: I'm not upgrading my drive capacity. I do not need it.

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[–] AndrewZabar@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Virtual Machine.

My laptop came with Windows 11, I nuked it and installed Linux before even booting lol.

[–] Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Could I preserve the activation key the refurbisher provided doing that (I'm gonna google whether I can anyway)?

[–] appropriateghost@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 days ago

that's a good question and I'm not sure. Worth it to find out, but personally I don't dual boot with Windows. I just have my main linux install and use a virtual machine. I never have needed to use a windows virtual machine but it would be interesting if I could activate it with the copy that came with my laptop.

Unless that copy is registered to my microsoft account? I have no idea that's how much I try to avoid windows now

[–] AndrewZabar@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

I really don’t know, sorry.