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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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Dual Boot vs Full Linux (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hey everyone!

I got my desktop with dual boot (Kubuntu & W11) and wanted to know if I ever go fully Kubuntu, am I able to reinstall Windows again?

I don't have a disc, but my desktop came with it pre-installed. Is it tied to my Live account?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can download the windows iso from windows webpage, but if I remember correctly you have to do it in Windows since it depends on a downloader program.

It only forces you to use the media creation tool on Windows, everything else it gives you a link to download the ISO.

I kept a windows partition for years because I never knew if I would need it, it was only when I realised I hadn't touched Windows in months that I felt comfortable removing it

I'm exactly the same.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

everything else it gives you a link to download the ISO.

Then that's new, you had to jump through some hoops to get the iso before, I remember just giving up and going to my sister's computer to download it back then.