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[–] [email protected] 40 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I remember having a conversation with a coworker who was getting into Linux when Kali was a big deal for script kiddies. He told me he installed it and I was like "dude you want it to be a read only OS, don't install it. Just boot to it from a CD or USB." We went back and forth on that for weeks until I just gave up and labeled him an idiot in my mind.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I put it on a dual boot laptop once because the laptop was to shitty to run to a proper VM and I wanted to get updates at a few different points in time. Intel Core 2 Dou and Windows XP as the other OS. It was more of a project laptop than a daily driver though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Was windows XP the current windows generation or did you pick it for some other reason? I assume it'll run easier on weak hardware, and until just now never thought about putting it on my laptop as a dual boot for those moments you actually need windows.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

It was around the time Windows 7 was out but XP was still supported by Microsoft.