Hey y’all

I’m taking a college course which is hell bent that its students use Windows 11. Currently my laptop is still using Windows 10 and if there is no bloatware/AI free way to install Windows 11, I’m just going to bite the bullet and install it the regular way. So if anyone knows of a relatively bloatware free way of installing Windows 11, please let me know.

p.s. For those who would encourage me to use Linux. For my desktop I already use Linux Mint.

  • LordMayor@piefed.socialEnglish
    3·
    4 days ago

    Could you not create a separate partition on the internal drive for Windows 11 and boot from that? That’s how I would do it for MacOS or Linux installs.

    • EpeeGnome@feddit.onlineEnglish
      2·
      3 days ago

      You can, but on the same drive they will share the same bootloader. While Windows officially can share its EFI partition, be aware that updates may rewrite it, and might not bring your other install along. This is fixable, but still very annoying if you have some expertise on Windows boot setup commands.

      This is why I always to prefer to setup multiboot systems on separate drives with their own EFI partition, and always use the non-M$ install for the boot menu.

      • acockworkorange@mander.xyz
        1·
        4 days ago

        I’ve never had trouble with UEFI. I keep people commenting about it, so I believe it happens, I just never experienced it.

        • EpeeGnome@feddit.onlineEnglish
          2·
          2 days ago

          I’ve admittedly got a lot of selection bias, since people don’t tend to bring me their computer when it’s working correctly. I’m sure it usually works fine. Still, the only times I’ve seen a multiboot system suddenly fail, it was Windows’s fault.

        • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          1·
          3 days ago

          its not really an UEFI issue but a windows one. unlike BIOS systems, UEFI was made capable to handle this, yet windows fucks it up.

          it also depends on your configuration. on an ESP partition there’s a default bootloader, and per-os bootloaders in directories. if you rely on using the default bootloader, windows will overwrite that from time to time, but it can fuck up the per-os bootloader setup too if it fucks with the list that the efibootmgr command manages on linux. I don’t know whether it does the latter

          • acockworkorange@mander.xyz
            1·
            3 days ago

            I understand the issue just fine, just never experienced it. And I’ve dual booted plenty. I just wish I knew why so I could help other people not to go through it.