I just got a new laptop and installed Linux on it. I mainly run OpenSUSE.

Getting full encryption on both was a bit of a challenge and I had no idea what I’m doing. Will having the swap partition in the middle break things? Did I really need so many partitions (Mint and OpenSUSE don’t show up in eachother’s boot menu)?

I’m probably not gonna change this layout (because reinstallation seems like a pain) unless the swap partition’s position is a problem. I’m just curious how many mistakes I made.

EDIT: I’m not upgrading my drive capacity. I do not need it.

  • Tenderizer78@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I am afraid that in the future something I need will require Windows 11. Whether that be interacting with the government or maybe if I go back to university.

    • dallen@programming.dev
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      2 months ago

      Can’t speak to your exact machine but nowadays the license tends to be tied to the hardware.

      If you are capable of manual partitioning then you should be able to reinstall Windows quickly if needed.

      • Tenderizer78@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Depends whether they’ll start using TPM in combination with kernel-level anti-cheat to ensure you don’t use AI in an exam or something. I don’t know what the future holds and barely understand what a TPM does.