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I just spent 2 days of slipstreaming headaches for a 7 install alongside 10.
Mainly just tutorials written by idiots and leaving out essential information I think.
I blame it all on MS because they could have offered a telemetry free 'sp2' download ISO for windows 7 with all this stuff working right for uefi installs.
Now manufacturers don't see the need for proper official support, even despite missing features due to the os missing updates.
I wouldn't mind if 10 worked properly but the 7 hostility, the forced updates and spying, and very poor driver/updates system just makes it a no go for a professional with a stack of software and plugins worth thousands £££ that all work perfectly in 7, but not in 10.
I'm happy with missing features on my laptop while running 7 for work. But it's just very sad there is no 'official' non fully working drivers.
MS encouraging an environment where all we can expect on 7 is unofficial support is what is sad because 7 is still hugely capable and relevant.
If you're gonna go through hassle of setting up UEFI dual boot with Windows 10 you might as well install Linux as your secondary OS. Just to give it a try if you will.
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[–] GandalfThePink ago (edited ago)
I just spent 2 days of slipstreaming headaches for a 7 install alongside 10. Mainly just tutorials written by idiots and leaving out essential information I think.
I blame it all on MS because they could have offered a telemetry free 'sp2' download ISO for windows 7 with all this stuff working right for uefi installs. Now manufacturers don't see the need for proper official support, even despite missing features due to the os missing updates.
I wouldn't mind if 10 worked properly but the 7 hostility, the forced updates and spying, and very poor driver/updates system just makes it a no go for a professional with a stack of software and plugins worth thousands £££ that all work perfectly in 7, but not in 10.
I'm happy with missing features on my laptop while running 7 for work. But it's just very sad there is no 'official' non fully working drivers.
MS encouraging an environment where all we can expect on 7 is unofficial support is what is sad because 7 is still hugely capable and relevant.
[–] Troll [S] ago
If you're gonna go through hassle of setting up UEFI dual boot with Windows 10 you might as well install Linux as your secondary OS. Just to give it a try if you will.
[–] GandalfThePink ago
Purely as an exercise it'll be interesting to try Linux alongside 10 on an nvme with uefi and gpt.
I'm doing lots of testing and image backups so I'll give it a bash once I get 7 running nicely and backed up.
Ideally I want to run 7 partition encrypted with veracrypt so 10 can't see it, but I'm already foreseeing issues with the bootloader haha.
It's a shame all that stuff is still so complex.
Oh for the ability to just have it all in plain text ascii files if you temporarily mount the partitions... Ffs!