Sophia Boreal D.@CedarTea @[email protected] I installed linux on my school laptop when I was in 5th grade. It did not end well for me.
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Kiudecan@kiudecan @CedarTea @[email protected] I was in fifth grade, and I was really angry about the spying software installed on our computer. The IT department in my school district was really lax, but whatever. So I had a plan. I made a USB with Linux Mint on it and I booted it on my laptop. At first, I just went about deleting Faronics Insight on the Windows partition. I then, with an impulse, open the installer for Linux Mint.
@kiudecan @CedarTea @[email protected] I get to the part where I you can allocate disk space to the distro. I decide, at first to allocate like 30%-ish. Then, I drag the slider all to the left, and leave no space for WIndows. I remember waiting for the install to finish, and it did right before the school day ended. I then put the laptop away.
@kiudecan @CedarTea @[email protected] A few days later, the principal of the school has a word with me. He is not happy. At first, he questions me about if I know what "Linux" is. I say that I know. He then tells me that somebody installed "Linux" on a school laptop. I deny everything, but I logged into that laptop prior, so they knew it was me. Also, I'm the only kid at the school who could pull of something like that.
@kiudecan @CedarTea @[email protected] To say it did not end well for me was an exaggeration. I only got like a few days of suspension.
@kiudecan @CedarTea @[email protected] still defaulted to Linux Mint so kids didn't know how to boot into windows. If I did it today, id make an invisible grub theme and default to windows boot manager