[MikelTackNailer]

It’s a backdoor for them at their convenience and a total surveillance of ALL your activities while using Windows. Does anyone feel like one of those human batteries in “The Matrix” yet? Because they’re definitely shooting for total dominance over your computing and online experience while trickling cash out of you for the privilege of being used.

Who has the best way to partition Linux into a drive that has Win10 already installed where no data is lost, so Windows programs are confined off-line and only Linux accesses the Net?

[Openurmind]

Here is what a standard default Linux installer will do for you.

1. It will give you the option to install “alongside” windows which is dual boot.
2. When it installs it will do all of the needed partitioning for you as part of the install. So no need for manual partitioning at all.
3. When it is done the Linux will be the primary default OS to autoload at power up.
4. There will be a menu at boot up to choose Windows instead if you like before the Linux autoloads.

Now if you would rather have MS load first as the primary then there is a small config edit that can change that order for you so MS autoloads as primary OS.

As always make a backup image in case. But I have never had the dual boot install option fail for me yet in at least 50 installs. It will install the linux over the MS slick as snot all by itself and will not touch any of the Windows files or data.

And here is the best part. When you boot into Linux you can still access your MS file folders from the MS volumes. So it is only a matter of copy & paste or drag and drop to move your important files or all of your files from the MS volumes to the corresponding Linux folders. Documents, pictures, videos, Etc...

Just keep in mind your total drive storage capacity because you will be making doubles of those files and taking up more room with those because they will be in two file systems now. :)

[Openurmind]

“Windows programs are confined off-line and only Linux accesses the Net?”

The Liux will be the OS to autoload and get online with. The windows will be the secondary option from the boot (grub) menu and it will remain off line unless you boot into it and put it online.

Now you may have to make some settings in the Windows so that it DOES NOT automatically try to get online by itself when you boot into it.

[dayglored]

Windows 11 Update... PING!

You can find all the Windows Ping list threads with FR search: just search on keyword "windowspinglist".

Thanks to MikelTackNailer for the ping!