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[โ€“] [S] 5 points 10 months ago* (6 children)

Is it Windows 98?

Jokes aside: You have to count the time from starting to boot Windows to restarting it, letting the computer do its pre-boot whatver-it-does-es, to back to grub.

And I find a minute a long wait.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 10 months ago (3 children)

    Ah! You're moving goalposts! The meme is about choosing an OS at boot time, not up, down, up again.

    I'm in the game less than 60-seconds from that point. And that's on an old i5-1135G7 NUC, 32GB DDR4, god knows how old the SSD is, been through 3 PCs without a Windows reinstall.

    Yes, Linux almost always smokes Windows on a reboot, but it's not that big of a deal anymore.

    CAVEAT: I should note my Windows install is from an official ISO, not some manufacturer's crapware.

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  • [โ€“] [S] 1 point 10 months ago

    Ah! Youโ€™re moving goalposts! The meme is about choosing an OS at boot time, not up, down, up again.

    Youโ€™re missing the point of the meme. It definitely is about accidentally booting Windows, rebooting and then booting Linux.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 10 months ago*

    I've noticed that my windows always takes a minute to launch when it wants to sell me on either its surveillance bullshit or force windows 11 on me. And because I don't launch windows that often, that is basically every time. Otherwise it's quite fast at 10-15 seconds.

    Linux usually boots in around 10 seconds (including loading the DE after login), though sometimes it gets stuck for a bit after login for some reason.

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