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.

  • AndrewZabar@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Virtual Machine.

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

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      3 days ago

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

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        3 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