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   Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 08-Feb-2026 17:27:03 JST Aral Balkan

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   • Tansy Hoskins 🍉 🍉

   @tansy PPS. If you haven’t tried it out, I’d also recommend giving Fedora a shot.

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 08-Feb-2026 17:27:04 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Tansy Hoskins 🍉 🍉

     @tansy Hmm, a couple of theories:

     • Did you set it up to dual-boot? Do you see a menu at the start when you restart the computer?
     • Was it a live USB stick (was the OS running from the USB stick?)

     PS. This might help: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux4noobs/comments/u8tews/ubuntu_install_went_well_but_when_the_computer/

     (Worst case scenario, if there’s no data you want to keep, reinstalling won’t harm anything but it’s probably just a boot menu priority issue. If you want to remove Windows entirely, you’ll have to tell the installer to wipe the drive and make a single partition while installing.)

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     Tansy Hoskins 🍉 🍉 (tansy@wandering.shop)'s status on Sunday, 08-Feb-2026 17:27:05 JST Tansy Hoskins 🍉 🍉

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     Well this is not good - Windows is back?!

     What went wrong?

     I never had this before. Any links to a simple fix it guide would be appreciated (I can't find one that explains it).

     Do I start again? Why has the windows demon not been banished after all?

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     Tansy Hoskins 🍉 🍉 (tansy@wandering.shop)'s status on Sunday, 08-Feb-2026 17:27:06 JST Tansy Hoskins 🍉 🍉

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     The spell worked!

     Hurrah! 🧙♀️

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     Tansy Hoskins 🍉 🍉 (tansy@wandering.shop)'s status on Sunday, 08-Feb-2026 17:27:07 JST Tansy Hoskins 🍉 🍉

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     Following detailed instructions for unusual sequences that must be done precisely in the order set out by the light of the snow moon otherwise the enemy will not be vanquished....

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     Tansy Hoskins 🍉 🍉 (tansy@wandering.shop)'s status on Sunday, 08-Feb-2026 17:27:08 JST Tansy Hoskins 🍉 🍉

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     Installing Linux: This weird (for me) task that I do every five years and then completely forget all about how to do it.

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     Tansy Hoskins 🍉 🍉 (tansy@wandering.shop)'s status on Sunday, 08-Feb-2026 17:27:09 JST Tansy Hoskins 🍉 🍉

     Getting things on track with my new second hand laptop :)