Because grub sucks. That's one of the main reasons I that I'm not currently dual-booting Ubuntu. Is there a way to disable/uninstall it? I like the Windows OS picker start-up thingy so much better.
It's just preference, I guess. I like the look and feel of the Windows bootloader much better than grub. I tried dual-booting Ubuntu 8.10 shortly after it came out, and it seemed like grub had more options to choose from than were necessary, and as soon as you went through grub, it takes you to the windows bootloader anyways, so what's the point?(on a Windows machine, anyways). I also didn't like how Ubuntu was the default OS with grub, though I'm sure there's an option to change that. Idk. To sum it up, I just think grub looks unprofessional compared to the Windows version.
While its tablet world topping pixel density, Tegra 2 silicon, and fresh to death OS certainly sound awesome, we had to get our grubby mitts on one to see if it's as good as its spec sheet would have us believe.
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ubuntu 9.04 FTW!
I was amazed when a co-worker actually came in yesterday with a Macbook running Ubuntu yesterday. Got me thinking about using it again.
Just wish I had a crap laptop around to install it on.
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Why not dual-boot?
Because grub sucks. That's one of the main reasons I that I'm not currently dual-booting Ubuntu. Is there a way to disable/uninstall it? I like the Windows OS picker start-up thingy so much better.
I'm sorry to interrupt you but could you please explain to a noob like me WHY THE FµCK grub sucks ?
grub is the best bootloader I've ever used. No clue what he's smoking.
It's just preference, I guess. I like the look and feel of the Windows bootloader much better than grub. I tried dual-booting Ubuntu 8.10 shortly after it came out, and it seemed like grub had more options to choose from than were necessary, and as soon as you went through grub, it takes you to the windows bootloader anyways, so what's the point?(on a Windows machine, anyways). I also didn't like how Ubuntu was the default OS with grub, though I'm sure there's an option to change that. Idk. To sum it up, I just think grub looks unprofessional compared to the Windows version.