• SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    Yeah it is. Most computers come with windows pre-installed so most people never do this kind of thing.

    And there’s also things people need to be careful of. Like wiping all out all of their cherished photos by formatting the entire drive. Considering that casual users probably shouldn’t attempt to do this. Not trying to gatekeep or anything, but there is potential for data loss for a user that doesn’t back up their data properly, which is common for casual users.

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      2 months ago

      Not to mention changing BIOS settings to allow booting from external media. I’ve yet to see 2 machines that were the same in that regard, so good luck writing instructions that a casual user could follow.

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        2 months ago

        Yeah I just hold shift and ctrl and start mashing function keys until I figure it out LOL.

    • gwen@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 months ago

      isnt one of the first steps listed in any ‘move to linux’ tutorial is ‘back up your data first’